The Blue Mountains are located just west of Sydney and are considered Sydney's get away location. I made the trip with two Dutch girls- Annica and Nienka, two Israeli guys - Niv and Yaron, and one girl from Germany, Wiebke. We caught the train early in the morning and had a full day to hike and explore.
Quick photo with the stuffed koala in the gift shop.
The Blue Mountains - they get there name from the oils released from the eucalyptus trees that dominate the forest.
The Three Sisters
The whole team!
Niv and Yaron
We had to descend down 900 stairs to the canyon floor to start hiking. Annica tried to speed through it.
Then she tried to Tarzan this vine...this is her in the middle of falling to the ground. Yaron and I bot swang from it before her, we must have loosened it :)
The Leura cascades
So beautiful! Just constant green.
I ripped my shorts trying to catch this little guy, but I got him!
A funnel web spider home. They are the most venomous spiders in Australia and live in tubes lined with silk thread lines around the entrance. If a bug, small lizard or mammal walks over the lines it springs out of its tunnel and tackles the creature. Its fangs can penetrate fingernails! If you use a stick, you can trick her into coming out and saying hi :)
Gorgeous!
After a six hour hike we were all excited for the train ride home o catch some sleep.
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