Our final few days in Australia and we have chores to do…sell the car, pack and send home all the superfluous baggage we’ve manage to acquire over the last 5 months (which costs A$450…) and buy presents for our gracious hosts and then we’re all off to the Blue Mountains for the weekend. In between, we’ve got tickets to see High School Musical on Ice as a treat for Ruby. The show was quite good for Nicky and I too as we were treated to the sight of Troy Bolton removing his shirt to reveal a rather impressive 6-pack.
We’ve rented a gorgeous house at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains, a couple of hours from Sydney. It’s absolutely beautiful and has every little extra that you wouldn’t normally even dream of finding in a rental property. We loathe to spend too much time away from it, especially as it’s so cold and wet, but manage to take a drive around the surrounding areas and into Katoomba, escaping the rain by ducking into a café for lunch, before heading to Scenic World, where a short but very steep railway (more like a funfair ride than a railway) takes you abruptly down the mountains and a cable car whisks you back up again. Spectacular views, even if it doesn’t look very blue…
Sunday morning and we’re off on a Thomas The Tank Engine steam train ride trough the mountains. Harley and Cooper are very excited to board the train, complete with Thomas face, and puff off through the trees to meet James, and are even more delighted to be allowed to hop up into the driver’s carriage. Very cute.
The nearby town of Leura is very quaint, tree lined and full of cute country stores and cafes. Our lunch spot has a huge floor to ceiling glass window at the rear which would normally give a far-reaching view out across the mountains, but today, it’s unfortunately to thick with fog to be able to see anything.
Our final night in Australia needs to spent in style so we have drinks at The Argyll and dinner at Rockpool, one of Sydney’s top seafood restaurants, complete with close-up view of the Harbour Bridge.
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