In the afternoon, we drove to Katoomba and walked down the historic Furber Stairs to get a view of the Three Sisters rock formation. We then took the world’s steepest cable car back up the mountain to where our bus was. On the bus, I met this Polish language student, who took amazing photographs.
Pictures
1, 2) Kangaroos in the Blue Mountains
3) The fog the in the morning had an interesting effect on the scenery
4) Trees that resemble the tapestry in Canberra
5) OzExperience Bus
6) Beginning of our hike, the scenery is beautiful
7) These trees are not dead – they burned them down to give sunlight to smaller vegetation
8, 9) Vegetation
10, 11) Trees with white trunks
12) Open view from almost the top
13) Beautiful rock formations
14, 15) More open views
16, 17, 18) These mountains appear blue due to the refraction of light and this is how Blue Mountains got its name
19) More rocks
20) Waterfall
21, 22, 23) Scenery around the smaller waterfall near Eagle’s Nest
24, 25, 26) More trees
27) Me
28) The pond itself
29) The end of our first walk
30) Three Sisters rock formation
31) View adjacent to Three Sisters
32) Riding one of the sisters
