Thursday 20th to Saturday 22nd December 2018

We left the mountains ranges at Oberon and wound our way up, around and over more mountains and hills heading for Katoomba in the Blue Mountains National Park with its beautiful scenery of eucalyptus forests, waterfalls and deep valleys.

During our time in the Blue Mountains we experienced sunny mornings with cool wet afternoons of rolling clouds and thick fog where in some cases you couldn't see the tops of the trees.

As we drove through the Victoria Pass into Katoomba the road was so steep, that at one point we through that weren't going to make it. Needless to say we did making it safely into town where we based ourselves over the next few days and did the following:

Walked down the steep and winding Furber Steps that wound its way along the edge of the cliffs & down into the lush rainforest below giving stunning views out over to the Three Sisters an impressive rock formation within the Jamison Valley; the steps eventually led to the entrance of the Scenic Railway that has the steepest railway incline in the world.

Road the 545m Scenic Cableway that took us down into the rainforest of the beautiful Jamison Valley giving us an eerie feeling as the weather closed in with the threat of a pending storm.

Took the Skyway, a glass bottomed cable car strung between two clifftops that travels over the ravines and rainforest below, giving amazing panoramic view across the Blue Mountains.

Visited the Leura Cascades where we walked in the fine mist of the morning rain down a winding path that ran beside the running creek.

Walked out to Govetts Leap lookout that gave a panoramic view out over the sandstone escarpments that had sheer cliff walls, steep canyons and tall waterfalls that fell down into the Grose Valley. The visibility was poor that day as it had rained in the night and remained throughout the day. However, the bad weather did not stop us from taking in the beautiful sights that the Blue Mountains had to offer.

Walked along the steep and winding Wentworth falls track that took us down and around the steep cliff edge where we stopped to look out over the spectacular views taking in the superb sight of the Wentworth falls cascading down into the valley floor below.

There is no doubt that the Blue Mountains are a special place and indeed on occasion they actually did look blue. We experienced this during the hot morning sun as the vast forests of eucalypts or gum trees discharged a fine mist of eucalyptus oil from their leaves. As the mist rises it refracts in the sunlight leaving a blue haze sitting over the mountains.