Blue Mountains - Waterfall and Three Sisters

Hi there hiking fans,

This morning we checked out of our hostel (Wake Up Hotel, close to Sydney Central Station) and got back to the airport to pick up our rental car. We had a few issues with it because they want to charge us 400 AUD as one-way-fee because we will drop off the car in Cairns and not return it to Sydney. But in Germany we specifically asked about this and we have been reassured that we do not have to pay this fee. We need to clarify this but got the car anyway. We drove towards the Blue Mountains in rainy weather. Yes, exactly: it RAINED!

And it is actually quite cool, so when we stopped in Wentworth for lunch at the Blue Misty Café (really nice food and lots of vegetarian options but only few seats available) we changed back into long jeans and put on some long-sleeves. During lunch it really poured down and it even hailed! We drove to the Wentworth Water Falls just when it was dry again. Lucky us! It was a very easy 10 minute walk to this lookout to have a good view to the fall. The views there are – despite the bad weather – absolutely amazing.

 

We then drove on to the town Katoomba to see the famous Three Sisters stone formation.

We walked around a bit and arrived at the Scenic World at 4:15 pm, too late to do all the rides, so we searched for an accommodation and found a room in the Blue Mountains Backpacker Hostel. It is quite cold outside, and due to the rain there are muddy puddles everywhere. Although we only did the most touristic routes and had not the time to go deeper into the Blue Mountains I really think this is a stunning nature reserve. If you ever come here, plan to spend more time, get some good outdoor gear and go walking, hiking, trekking, climbing, whatever.

Tomorrow we will go to the Scenic World to do all the fantastic rides like the Skywalk with the glass-bottom or the steepest Railway and the Scenic Walk through the rainforest.

Yours Blue Mountains-visiting Stefanie