7/15/12 Sydney

Today we went to the Blue Mountains. It was a lot of fun. Let me tell you all about it:

I woke up at 5:50 a.m. I was so tired, it took me awhile to get out of bed. It was surprisingly bright outside already. The view was amazing. The train that we were taking from Circular Quay left at 6:44. We left the hotel at 6:20. Since it was Sunday, there was a special deal that let Jay, Dad, and I all go on any Sydney public transport for $2.50 each. Nobody was on our train because it was so early on a Sunday. We had to get off at Central Station and switch trains. Then it was a two hour train ride. Jay fell asleep immediately. I just listened to music and played games on my phone.

When we got to Katoomba, we bought our tickets for the Skyway, Cableway, and Railway. We had brecky  at Savoy. I got cinnamon bread. We got on the express bus that took us to one side of the Skyway that went across a valley. The Skyway also had glass floor so we see underneath us. It was cool.

Next we went on the steepest railway in the world. It was kinda scary because at some points you couldn't over the edge. It just dropped down. It was also a lot of fun. When we got off at the bottom, we took a 45 minute walk through the forest. We saw a lyrebird and a bunch of really cool trees.

We took the Cableway to the top of the mountain. It was a short ride. We then walked around the mountain by the waterfall for a bit. I twisted my ankle so Dad and Jay walked down a path and then we all went back to the city. We had lunch at a bakery. Then we looked at some shops. We went to the train station but Dad had misread the timetable, so we went back to the shops and looked around some more.

When we got back to the hotel, we decided to lay around and watch TV. At 7:30, Master Chef (a cooking TV show) was on so I watched it. It went until 9:00 p.m. so we had a late dinner at a cafe. We got a kangaroo burger and shared it.