It's Tuesday, the first day of Summer here in Sydney. We headed out today to the Blue Mountains on a tour. We took the 4WD Adventure Tour. What fun. Turned out there were only 6 of us plus the driver - Jed - what a cutie...
We headed out at 7:15 am in the morning. Pick up from our hotel. Our first stop was Featherdale Wildlife Park. This was really nice. We actually got to see pretty much most of the Australian animals. Multiple species of Kangaroos and Wallabys, millions of beautiful birds with such beautiful plumage, Emu's, Tasmanian devils, snakes, crocodiles, lizards, and of course Koala bears. All sooo cute. The little wallabys were all hopping around free. We got to pet and feed them. We really didn't want to leave. It was fun. The other couples on the bus were a couple from Bristol, England - the honeymooners and the other couple was from Germany. Nice people. We headed out again this time to the base of the Blue Mountains to ride down some of the fire trail roads. There was tons of Eucalyptus trees everywhere and red gum trees. We took a walk just to listen to the birds and just enjoy the quiet, peaceful forest. We stopped to have the guide show us the Didgeridoo which is a type of Aboriginal musical instrument. They guys tried it.
It was interesting. Then we went over to a clearing to practice throwing the boomerang. This was tons of fun. It's really neat how it comes back to you. We then went to Mt. Tomah to the visitors center for lunch. All day it was really cool and rainy. We expected warm summer weather here, but it's averaging in the low 60's. we are dragging out several clothes so we can layer to keep warm. May have to break down and buy another jacket or hoodie. Well, we continued to Govets Leap where it looked like the Grand Canyon. Beautiful waterfall and cliffs. At Katoomba we saw the 3 sisters (a triple mountain formation). We took a cable car down into the canyon, walked around to see the tree ferns, blue gum trees and more, then took the Scenic Railway Train back up the mountain. A 52 degree incline. Very wild.
Well, finally back to Sydney to catch the Ferry back to the harbor. Very nice, we went down the river, under the famous bridge, and right in front of the Opera House. Snapped a million pics!!! Yes... crashed again in the evening. What a day. Tomorrow is for relaxing.. I'm sure it's a Peggy shopping day.... LOL.... Night..
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