Panorama fo Blue Mountains from Ruined Castel Rocks

Katoomba- a few random pics.

 A very tall tree fern Cyathes australis

Sunrise over The Three Sisters

Still alive!

 My whistelling attracted a curious Magpie.



First reptillian spooted. 

Little bird, hanging nest.

Sorry for the lazy blog, words to come...

Katoomba in the Blue Mountains

Finally I feel like I have arrived. Having left Sydney and headed 120 km west into the blue mountains in the town of Katoomba. I have to admit when arriving in the town I was rather disappointed as I was expecting some kind of alpine setting and there wasn’t a mountain in sight. I turns out the blue mountains aren’t mountains in the conventional sense in that they were thrust up by great forces. They are a sandstone platto that has had a maze of deep canyons carved out by tens of thousands of years of erosion.  Katoomba sits on the edge of one of these canyons but this only becomes apparent when you get through the gum trees and peer over the edge. They really appear blue due to the glaucus leaves of the gums and the haze, though closer slopes in the sun were tinged pink and orange by the new growth. There is much hiking to be done here. I can’t take any credit for the aerial photo as I nicked it off line.

Aerial view of Katoomba perched on the edge of a canyon

Looking out across the Blue Mountains

Tiny beings

The Three Sisters sandstone formations

The Three Sisters illuminated by the setting sun

Night Scenes of Sydney

A christmas tree made from bicycles.

Still Jet Lagged

After all the anticipation I have finally arrived in Sydney via a two arduous flights and nine hour wait in Abu Dhabi’s rather uniquely decorated airport. Staying in the CBD for now which is a bit of a chore, expensive food, only fast-food restaurants and consumers everywhere. Almost sorted all the essential arrival stuff, opened bank account, transferred money and sorted tax number. The next task is to find work, but I’m not in too much of a hurry, just to get out of Sydney as the funds wont last long otherwise.

Abu Dhabi airport

Of course have visited the must see Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge and went boogie boarding at Bondai Beach, working up to surfing- watch this space.

Opera House

Harbour Bridge

Bondai Beach

Now off to try some night scene photography, find something wholesome to eat and then catch a train in the morning to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains a 120 km west of Sydney.

Not Long Now

Four days to go.