We kept reading that no trip to Sydney would be complete without visiting the majestic\u00a0Blue\u00a0Mountains and the Three Sisters\u00a0which is a World Heritage site and\u00a0a two hour train ride from Sydney to Katoomba.\u00a0\u00a0 Thus, we set off today for the Blue (really?) Mountains.\u00a0\u00a0 Although the Blue Mountain got its name due to the blue haze that hovers over them, we just didn’t experience this phenomenom on our visit.\u00a0 This national park has numerous walks and reasonably marked trails.\u00a0\u00a0In the middle of this World Heritage\u00a0site\u00a0is a\u00a0Scenic Skyway with\u00a0breathtaking views revealed\u00a0beneath your feet through the glass cabin floor which travels across the canyon.\u00a0 There was\u00a0another very steep\u00a0Scenic Cableway that took us\u00a0to the valley floor of the Jamison Valley, an incline railroad (world’s steepest cable-driven funicular railway)\u00a0to the valley floor & a 2.4 km raised boardwalk through the valley floor of a Jurassic-type\u00a0rain forest.\u00a0 All these “rides” are called Scenic World essentially a tourist trap of three rides with amazing views and a “platformed” walkway through a forest.\u00a0\u00a0Although we\u00a0did go on every “ride” and the rain forest boardwalk,\u00a0it was just too commercialized for us since it was in the middle of a World Heritage site.<\/p>\n
We did the unthinkable (as we dislike touristy stuff)\u00a0and bought a Hop On Hop Off pass for Blue Mountain based upon the recommendation of a very helpful Visitor Center Guide in Sydney.\u00a0 What a big mistake!\u00a0\u00a0 Upon our arrival in Katoomba, we hoped on the bus and got off about 5 minutes later at Scenic World.\u00a0 Once we finished the amusement rides, we hiked to the three sisters which\u00a0is the Blue Mountains most spectacular landmark.\u00a0 It is essentially an unusual rock formation representing three sisters who according to aboriginal legend were turned to stone.\u00a0 We took the very, very steep stairs down to the three sisters and a bridge across to one of the rock formations.\u00a0 We then continued to hike to many lookouts and cliff trails for the next three hours\u00a0and finally ended up at location 18\u00a0 out of 29 on the Hop On Hop Off bus route\u00a0for a 15 minute ride back into town to meet the train back to Sydney.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n We kept reading that no trip to Sydney would be complete without visiting the majestic\u00a0Blue\u00a0Mountains and the Three Sisters\u00a0which is a World Heritage site and\u00a0a two hour train ride from Sydney to Katoomba.\u00a0\u00a0 Thus, we set off today for the Blue (really?) Mountains.\u00a0\u00a0 Although the Blue Mountain got its name due to the blue haze … Continue reading Blue Mountain Disneyland<\/span> ![\"Blue](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dltwt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PB105573.jpg\")
<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>