Up early to do the chores (yes really, this is a holiday) a leave site before 9am to take advantage of the break in the rain. Head to ‘scenic world’, (http://www.scenicworld.com.au/) where we catch the steepest railway in the world (50°, it used to be used for hauling coal up the mountain) down the valley then followed a rainforest boardwalk to the rainforest room (just an empty wooden room) before completing the boardwalk to catch the cable car back up the mountain, which gave us great views of the 3 sisters and Katoomba falls. We then took the skyway cable car with see through bottom across the valley which went right over the falls (we managed to avoid being squeezed into an earlier one which was jam packed with a group of Japanese tourists).
Returned briefly to Echo Point for a final close up view of the 3 sister, this time only hindered by the masses of flies, used the free (but useless) internet, visited the local chocolatery, then rushed off to try and catch the zig zag railway near Lithgow. Made it just in time, and did the 1hr 40 minutes tour including the viaduct, signal box & workshop.
Then we drove off towards Cessnock, with Ieuan spotting a group of Kangaroos by a lake (our first ones), we arrived at a river town Wisemans Ferry to find that we have to take the ferry to get across the river, once across the river we have to endure an hour or more of windy forest roads as the nightly gloom gathers, before we are able to reach the motorway, at which point we are able to make better progress. Reach Cessnock at about 8pm and have a lovely Thai meal in the restaurant attached to the camp site.
Returned briefly to Echo Point for a final close up view of the 3 sister, this time only hindered by the masses of flies, used the free (but useless) internet, visited the local chocolatery, then rushed off to try and catch the zig zag railway near Lithgow. Made it just in time, and did the 1hr 40 minutes tour including the viaduct, signal box & workshop.
Then we drove off towards Cessnock, with Ieuan spotting a group of Kangaroos by a lake (our first ones), we arrived at a river town Wisemans Ferry to find that we have to take the ferry to get across the river, once across the river we have to endure an hour or more of windy forest roads as the nightly gloom gathers, before we are able to reach the motorway, at which point we are able to make better progress. Reach Cessnock at about 8pm and have a lovely Thai meal in the restaurant attached to the camp site.
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