Had to share this one!
Also, it turns out Lance Armstrong is coming down under! And just in time for my birthday...
http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/news--and--media/latestnewsreleases/lancearmstrongconfirmed
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Lots of green and blue
This last weekend a friend of Kat's and mine, Chris, visited from Wellington. We did a quick tour of Sydney and then Chris and I set off for a few days in the Blue Mountains.
We hiked out to Mt Solitary, which is really a butte in the huge valley outside of Katoomba. The views from the top were stunning, and we made it there right at sunset. Unfortunately we didn't cover a lot of ground the first day since it took some time to travel from Sydney to the trailhead. So the second day was a bit of a long hike traversing the entire length of Mt Solitary and then across the valley floor back to Katoomba.
We managed a successful bushwack that cut off quite a bit of distance for us, but the vegetation was very thick and we both received a fair share of scratches - but thankfully no leeches!
We overnighted the second night at a fantastic hostel in Katoomba, the Flying Fox, and had a good sampling of as many Aussie beers the local pub had to offer. The next morning we went for a nice day hike around Wentworth Falls and found a number of spectacular waterfalls.
The season is definitely changing here as I saw plenty of flowers throughout the hikes! I even found a pine tree that produces flowers and another pine tree that had pea pods.
We hiked out to Mt Solitary, which is really a butte in the huge valley outside of Katoomba. The views from the top were stunning, and we made it there right at sunset. Unfortunately we didn't cover a lot of ground the first day since it took some time to travel from Sydney to the trailhead. So the second day was a bit of a long hike traversing the entire length of Mt Solitary and then across the valley floor back to Katoomba.
We managed a successful bushwack that cut off quite a bit of distance for us, but the vegetation was very thick and we both received a fair share of scratches - but thankfully no leeches!
We overnighted the second night at a fantastic hostel in Katoomba, the Flying Fox, and had a good sampling of as many Aussie beers the local pub had to offer. The next morning we went for a nice day hike around Wentworth Falls and found a number of spectacular waterfalls.
The season is definitely changing here as I saw plenty of flowers throughout the hikes! I even found a pine tree that produces flowers and another pine tree that had pea pods.
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