Monday, March 30, 2015

The Blue Mountains

Back in New Zealand, we had picked the brains of various Australians about what we should see and do once over here.  The Blue Mountains invariably came up.  People always spoke highly of them, but generally with a slight qualifier that they were not quite of the grandeur of New Zealand’s Southern Alps.  They are just outside Sydney, so we elected to check them out for the day and see for ourselves.


The Blue Mountains are what I would call a Grand Canyon style park.  You approach the park from the top and then walk down into the canyon.  (Editorial note:  We are no longer tramping, nor are we hiking.  In Australia, the proper term is “bush walking”).  We just scratched the surface of this park, but we thought it was quite impressive looking at the sandstone outcroppings and waterfalls, and gazing down into a vast forest of eucalyptus.

Pretending to think deep thoughts...


I am wondering if Margaret and Walter have taken out any large life insurance policies on me lately...


We should have read this sign...


A small waterfall...
Nature..


A large waterfall...


We dubbed this the corn cob plant...




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