TToday i have decided to head out of the big smoke of Sydney and travel the 2 hours by train to Katoomba and the famous blue Mountains. After my kilometer climb uphill with my rucksack (i really should have a bit of a clear out! i'm starting to get the gist that i won't be needing my ski jacket in the 30c plus heat!) I arrived puffing and sweating at the worlds most comfortable backpackers YAY!!!! the first thing i noticed about this place was the noise of the animals as soon as the sun starts to set the crickets and birds are almost deafening! all this and still in relative civilisation.

The Blue Mountains are truely an awesome sight but you really have to be here to appreciate them, the waterfalls, the smells of the Eucalyptus trees, the waterfalls. Fantastic!