Yes, there was that silly night when I fell asleep on a bus, got locked inside, and slept in it until the morning. My crazy stories haven’t all been told yet of course and I was… The Night I Got Locked in A Bus and Slept in It, New South Wales, Australia
I spent a good year and a half living in New South Wales, Australia and loved it. Almost the entire time I wasn’t travelling I was based in a flat share in the Westmead part… Visiting Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia
Leura is another of the villages in the Blue Mountains. It has a train station of its own, a main street and is a main entry area into the Jamison Valley region of the Blue… Backpacking in Australia: Exploring Leura and The Everglades
The village of Leura is the next stop down from Katoomba, our base while trekking the Blue Mountains. We visited Leura twice, once just to walk around the town and a dubious area called “the… Backpacking In Australia: Leura Cascades, Bridal Veil Falls, Lyre Bird Dell, Pool of Siloam, Golden Stairs
The Golden Stairs get the honour of being in my first blog post of this new decade. The Golden Stairs were first mentioned by Martine to Dan and I in the pub one night in Katoomba.… Backpacking in Australia: The Golden Stairs, Blue Mountains
Katoomba itself is a bit special. Situated 3,336 feet above sea level, it appears to be the largest settlement in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. I’d never heard of it until I arrived in… Backpacking in Australia: Touring Katoomba, Three Sisters, Echo Point
If you were asked where the world’s steepest railway line was, you’d probably think it was in some mountain range in America, or even mid Europe. You’d be wrong. It’s in Katoomba, a small village… The World’s Steepest Railway Line, Katoomba, Australia
** Please note that a video of the pool we played on this evening WAS MADE. But I no longer own the rights for that video and have removed it. Yes, it’s sad to delete… Hotel Gearin, Free Art Gallery, The Edge
Live music often helps you have a good night – but this was an unexpected rock gig in the middle of The Blue Mountains – one that we didn’t even know about as we paid… Philadelphia Grand Jury Live in Katoomba
Blackheath was another planned day out in our last few days in The Blue Mountains. We had pretty much exhausted the entire area of a hat-trick of villages: Leura, Katoomba, Wentworthville. Next one down on… Blackheath, Govett’s Leap, Evan’s Lookout, Pulpit Rock