Australia Travel Blog: The Blue Mountains & The Three Sisters

Sydney Travel Blog: Part 11 – Blue Mountains’ Stunning Natural Beauty

2-Day Combo: Sydney City Tour + Sydney Harbour Lunch Cruise and Blue Mountains Day Trip

Sydney Travel Blog: Part 10 – Mountain Village Leura

When we left Leura for the Blue Mountains, we lost a couple of people. What had happened was that they failed to show up to catch the bus, the tour guide and operator waited a few more minutes, but finally left without them. I wondered how they would go back to Blue Mountains or Sydney; we were far out in the middle of nowhere.

After reaching the Blue Mountains Scenic World facility, I went inside to reach the observatory deck to have a first glimpse of the Three Sisters rock formation. The day was sunny and clear enough to see them. There are lots of paths and trails that can be explored without going too far. I noticed some huge artificial moving dinosaurs and eggs with sound simulation to make them more realistic. Kids loved those a lot.

I decided to finish lunch before going out in the mountains to get even closer to the Three Sisters. Lunch was not included and prices seemed to be not too inflated. I grabbed a chicken wrap and some water.

Once I started walking through the trails, the lush valley and lots of small creeks were some of the natural beauties I beheld. The tracks were going uphill and downhill, so it was easy to get tired after a few minutes.

The mountainous region was full of a variety of trees and shrubs, some of which were very tall. I was worried about getting lost by going too far, but I met some people from my tour and we stayed together. This helped a lot for taking pictures. I saw zipline cable cars moving through the sky; those people definitely had nicer views than those underneath.

We had to come back to our tour bus to take us to the Echo Point Lookout for a closer view of the Three Sisters, which is on the other side of the valley.