Blue Mountains - Blogabond

March 30
Sue had work today near the Blue Mountains so we went with her and took the car after we dropped her off. We arrived at Echo Point and saw the Three Sisters (a rock formation). It was really windy at the top and freezing cold so we donned our jumpers again! We went for a walk for about 1/2 hour to try and reach Katomba falls, but we never reached them as the path went on forever. Plus Sue rang saying that she had finished for the day and they were heading our way. We had a spot of lunch with Sue and 2 of her work colleagues. We discussed diving and we may organise a trip next Wednesday.
For the afternoon we caught a very steep train (45 degrees) down the side of one of the blue mountains, where we walked along a raised path through the jungle (well forest!) We didn't see any unusual animals, only really tall trees and ferns. We caught the sky cable car back up.
On the way back to Tahmoor we stopped in Penrith, to go to a Hotel/football shop/bar/slot machines. Here Sue showed us the largest selection of Pokeys in one place in the area. Pokeys are like fruit machines but different! We had a go but didn't really understand them. We did reasonably well as we kind of left with the same amount as we came with, unlike Sue!
On the way home we saw some Wallabies on the side of the road!
For the evenings entertainment we had a Barby at Craigs house, followed by an Aussie boozy night. Erin (craigs Missus) made the most amazing hot cheese dip thing - it has onion, bacon and cheese made in a bread ring and you dip bread in - scrummy!

March 31
Today was a bit of a lazy day to catch up with writing the blog and stuff.
In the evening we went to the local pub with Sue - The Tahmoor Inn. There was a charity evening being held there and it was packed. They served us good large portions of "tucker".

April 1
We packed the car up and headed to the beach - a sunny day at last!
We went to Bulli beach, put up the half tent thing that Sue had given us and layed in the sunshine (James in the tent). We had a picnic on the beach. Then decided to brave the water - it was ok, not very warm but bearable! James had one of the boogie boards so played about in the surf for a bit, but the 12 year old surfers kept getting in his way and annoying him so he came out. By then the heat of the sun had gone so he was able to sun bathe!

We went back to Tahmoor, had some chops on the barbie.

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James & Tracey on March 30, 2007 from Tahmoor, Australia

from the travel blog: James & Tracey World Tour

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