Stephen and Therese's Excellent Adventure

We miss the 0918 train by two minutes. A long black later, we’re on the 1018 to Katoomba and the Blue Mountains.

It’s a two hour journey; the first hour through the North Western suburbs, the second a steady climb into the mountains. We’re entertained by three aging Australians discussing women divorcing their sons, bosses trying to avoid the tax system and paying off their first mortgage early. Sadly, they depart but are replaced by some Lancashire folk confirming to the Australian opposite them that as well as hedges in England there are mountains and nice flowers.

Once arrived, it’s a walk along Katoomba Street to the visitors centre at Echo Point. Here’s the three sisters (and Therese) below.

We walk part of the rim - but given the train journey times, don’t hang around for more than a couple of hours before returning to the station.

Unfortunately,  there’s no entertainment for us as we travel back to Sydney. Since it’s our last night, we have a quick look online for restaurants and spot a Veggie friendly Chinese. This turns out to be less friendly than expected, though hardly a disaster as we found an excellent Indian place on route called Masala, which we return to for dinner.

The night finishes with packing. Tomorrow we’re on an early flight to Cairns.