Blue Mountains
We got our walking boots on and wandered down to the Three Sisters lookout, talking the path along to the Giant Stairway to the base of the cliffs. This is a fairly impressive flight of stairs, 170 metres of very steep steps hugging the cliffside. It took us half an hour to complete the descent and resulted in a couple of instances of “disco leg”! We then walked along the base of the cliffs through the forest to the base of the Scenic Railway, an extremely steep ascent back up through a crack in the cliff. Suffice to say that it was very exhilarating and I was glad that I’d taken the ride up and not down.
We made our way back to the motel via an old trolley bus, then headed off to Blackheath to view the Govetts Leap Lookout - another amazing view - and then onwards to Wentworth Falls.
The weather changed in the afternoon quite dramatically, dropping about ten degrees in an hour - sufficient to make the news in nearby Sydney, where lots of beach-dwellers had been caught unawares.
Once we’d had a break and recovered from the magnificent view fatigue, we went for dinner in the nearby Lilianfels Hotel, which was rather fancy. Definately the way forward: stay in cheap motels, eat in expensive hotels…