Wallaby
Kangaroo
Koala
Kangaroos
Emu and Kangaroo I was feeding
Fairy penguins
Cassowary
White Kangaroos
Wombat
Quoll (i think so)
Tasmanian Devil (i thought they were extinct)
Bird of some description that was just wondering around
Dense mist
Steps to the Three sisters
Mist (there should be a valley back there somewhere)
One of the Three Sisters rock formation
Railway
On the railway
View of the Mountains
Trees covered in vines, reminds me of Cousin It from the Adams Family
View of the Mountains
Katoomba falls
View of the Mountains
Railway
Old mines
Cable carWhilst in Sydney I also took a day trip to the Blue Mountains. The Blue Mountains are an area popular with Sydneysiders at the weekend. It has hectare after hectare of native Eucalyptus trees with the great dividing range of mountains pocking up through the middle. The area gets its name because usually on a clear day the mountains look blue due to the vapours and oils from the trees hanging in the air. I chose a rotten day to do the trip as it was pouring down with rain. It was nearly torrential. We were taken in a big coach and the people on the tour were mixed. I was probably the youngest there.
Our first stop was at a wildlife park just outside the city centre. This place was amazing as there were so many native Australian animals there. There were two areas with pens you had to walk through full of kangaroos, emus and wallabies. The kangaroos and wallabies were pretty friendly and you could stroke and feed them. I felt sorry for them as people were leaving their flash on their cameras and taking pictures directly in the Kangaroos faces. I took loads of pictures as you can see. We also had to get stamps in a booklet our driver gave us so that we got a free gift. The stamps were on various stations around the park. This task sent everyone into panic and you could see people from the bus power marching round the park trying to find the hidden away stamps. It was a really good wildlife park. Shame we only had an hour there.
Our next proper stop was at the three sisters rock formation lookout. As it was so misty we could only partially see one of the three sisters. Our driver therefore took us down the incredibly steep steps to the bridge over to the first sister so that we could touch it. After waiting for hundreds of Chinese tourists to come down the narrow stairs we climbed back up and we headed back onto the coach to go to scenic world.
Scenic world is basically just a series of boardwalks connected by a funicular railway, gondola and cable car. We were supposed to stop off at Wentworth falls but our driver said that it would have been too messy and muddy to go down there. Shames as the falls are supposed to be spectacular. Due to the mist the gondola wasn’t running and so we just did a ride down the railway, a short walk and then a ride back on the cable car. The train was near vertical and you felt yourself falling forward out of your chair. There was a few screams as we went down (easily scared girls at the back). At the bottom we caught up with a massive tour of Indians. We ended up sharing the cable car carried back. There were so many people crammed into this cable car that the chatter and noise meant that you couldn’t hear the commentary and were barged about the place. It was so annoying as the ride had cost 10 dollars!!! Our tour guide did try and shut everyone up by shouting but it was too late.
Disappointed we got back onto the bus and headed towards out last stop, which was Leura. Leura is a small town which basically only had an old fashion sweet shop there. We stopped there for 45 minutes which was way too long.
All in all a pretty crappy tour in pretty crappy weather.
Our first stop was at a wildlife park just outside the city centre. This place was amazing as there were so many native Australian animals there. There were two areas with pens you had to walk through full of kangaroos, emus and wallabies. The kangaroos and wallabies were pretty friendly and you could stroke and feed them. I felt sorry for them as people were leaving their flash on their cameras and taking pictures directly in the Kangaroos faces. I took loads of pictures as you can see. We also had to get stamps in a booklet our driver gave us so that we got a free gift. The stamps were on various stations around the park. This task sent everyone into panic and you could see people from the bus power marching round the park trying to find the hidden away stamps. It was a really good wildlife park. Shame we only had an hour there.
Our next proper stop was at the three sisters rock formation lookout. As it was so misty we could only partially see one of the three sisters. Our driver therefore took us down the incredibly steep steps to the bridge over to the first sister so that we could touch it. After waiting for hundreds of Chinese tourists to come down the narrow stairs we climbed back up and we headed back onto the coach to go to scenic world.
Scenic world is basically just a series of boardwalks connected by a funicular railway, gondola and cable car. We were supposed to stop off at Wentworth falls but our driver said that it would have been too messy and muddy to go down there. Shames as the falls are supposed to be spectacular. Due to the mist the gondola wasn’t running and so we just did a ride down the railway, a short walk and then a ride back on the cable car. The train was near vertical and you felt yourself falling forward out of your chair. There was a few screams as we went down (easily scared girls at the back). At the bottom we caught up with a massive tour of Indians. We ended up sharing the cable car carried back. There were so many people crammed into this cable car that the chatter and noise meant that you couldn’t hear the commentary and were barged about the place. It was so annoying as the ride had cost 10 dollars!!! Our tour guide did try and shut everyone up by shouting but it was too late.
Disappointed we got back onto the bus and headed towards out last stop, which was Leura. Leura is a small town which basically only had an old fashion sweet shop there. We stopped there for 45 minutes which was way too long.
All in all a pretty crappy tour in pretty crappy weather.
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