Katoomba Travel Blogs

lessons learned while travelling... while write a follow up when ready :)   PLEASE COMMENT hehe bottled water is the biggest rip off known to mankind reading a book in a hostel common room or backpacker cafe means: "if you think we fit together, talk to me", reading a lonely planet …

After my overseas jaunts I'd started to feel almost well-travelled, but suddenly I'd inherited a kind of guilt at having seen hardly any of my own country. So when the opportunity came up it was off to the East Siyeed of Australia to do a bit of exploring. We crashed in Sydney on the first ni…

Photos from my semester abroad at the University of Sydney.

I heard of this event from a fellow travbuddy and I was curious to find out more about it.  Basically, the Winter Magic Festival is a celebration of the winter solstice, just as we in the UK celebrate it around Stonehenge, over here the Australians celebrate it in Katoomba with a cool parade a…

Ey up all, Well, I have gotten out of Sydney - the Great Escape as it were. Although Sydney is a lovely, lively metropolis I feel that it was just not for me. Coming away to Aus was an act of liberation and exploration on my part and I have decided that I really need to go with my gut instincts wh…

After contemplating a number of destinations for the 4 day Easter weekend, I decided on the Blue Mountains as an economical choice. It is one of the major attractions just out of Sydney (a couple hours on the train). The Mountains are supposed to have a blue glow from all the eucalyptus oil from th…

Today we took a 2 hour train ride out of the city to Katoomba.  The track was quite twisty so I felt really ill by the time we got there.  The train fare was cheap, and at Katoomba we paid $20 for an all day trolley pass to see the mountains.  First we got off at Leura and had a look…

Arrived in katoomba around 2.30 today, met sin right away, found my hostel without too much back and forth walking, even if i couldn't remember the name of the place, and then we headed towards the three sisters. It sure was an amazing sight, I can't believe it's in walking distanse from everythin…

Not really much done this weekend as the weather has been poor and we have spent much of the time reading.  So, we thought we would take this opportunity to write something about the Aboriginal people of Australia. We have been here for three months now, and have learnt a little about Austral…

Still here at the moment. Looking for work but still having an awesome relaxing time :)

Nothing too exciting as I have been there before.I really wanted some Reese peanut butter cups so we went up to the best candy store in Leura and bought some. They have a lot of american chocolates that you can't find many places.We went to Echo Point in Katoomba and looked at the 3 …

A two-hour train journey takes you from Sydney centre to Katoomba, the basepoint for the Blue Mountains, so called because of the haze given off from the eucalypts surrounding them. Still with memories and some scars from the hard walking we did in Wilsons Prom, we were apprehensive about dusting o…

...aber wenn dann gleich mal tausende von eukalyptos baeumen nebeneinander stehen, dann nennt man das ganz einfach die blue mountains. ist ein riesiges waldgebiet 110 km westlich von sydney. bin heute morgen frueh aufgestanden, um den zug nach katoomba zu nehmen und meine eigene explorer tour durch…

Life is a journey...going up and down the hills...meeting new friends and bumping on old friends. Nothing is sweeter than having real friends!

I think the group was Oz tours or something like that...but I'm not 100% sure on that.  Day trip with many fun stops...out to see the Blue Mountians.  A great way to get away from the city!