Blue Mountains & Three Sisters

Since it's really THAT impressive, I'll let the pictures do the talking.

These are the fabled Blue Mountains.

The haze that envelopes them is blue. The legend back in the day before they were crossed was that China and freedom waited for whoever made it across.

Remember that Australia was settled primarily by convicts...

These are the "Three Sisters", one of the most photographed sights here in Oz.

They are a rock formation high up that guard the entrance into this valley. Wah.

Once the train arrived at Katoomba, there is a tourist bus that runs the circuit within the town, hitting several vista points and areas to hike in. If you're planning a day trip, get the combo train/bus ticket at Central before you leave.

You begin your hike at the top and work your way down. Very down. Because you're really high up. Check out the pic below and note the heads at the bottom for scale.

There are a lot of people who hike this trail so unless you go off of it, there's no worries about getting lost. These three are students from New York and the Clairmont Colleges who are doing a semester abroad in Melbourne.

Yeah, you meet a lot of people traveling. Fun!