if you've not read the previous Aussie travelogue yet, here's the link to DAY 1 and DAY 2.
Initially my plan was to spend a couple of days in Sydney, then take a 3 day road trip tour traveling towards Melbourne to visit my friend, Weixin who's studying in Melbourne now, the itinerary was really interesting, included a Wildlife Safari trip, skiing in the snowy caps of Victoria etc, but anyway change of plans when Jessica confirmed her trip to Sydney with me!
Most of my trip research was done on Tripadvisor.com and i was looking through the top things to do and for Sydney one of the must-do's is a visit to the Blue Mountains.
One of the most recommended tours was with the Blue Diamond Tours, i like it that the group was kept small and cozy. Can't stand those noisy large tour bus.
Anyway the itinerary was pretty well planned and i think it's totally worth the money since lunch and all is included in the tour pricing. Anyway we both took so many pictures on that day i gotta split this post into two posts, even with Jessica's camera running out of battery during mid tour we still had SO much photos omg.
Lol started the morning by "stealing" Jessica's shortbread ,
nomming on the sofa while Jessica got changed and ready.
If i did not remember wrongly our tour operator came to pick us up at 7am Aussie time which is like.. 4am Singapore time.
Thank god our body clocks are pretty well adjusted by then and we didn't oversleep or anything. Hahahah, poor Jessica gotta put up with me rambling non-stop throughout the night thou, i er... sleep talk.. ALOT. Hahahah and other than sleep talking.. i also laugh in my sleep... ALOT. :x
Anyway it was about a 2 hour car ride to the Blue Mountains from Sydney, we were the first group to be picked up at bondi beach, then to the CBD to pick up other holiday makers like ourselves!
Hahaha, crazy coincidence, i met a newly-weds couple from the city tour the day before, and imagine how shocking it was to see them again at the Blue Mountains tour!
So once we've picked up everyone and the tour operator hit the highways i started to "fade away" and manage to catch some sleep hahahah, didn't wake up all the way till we were almost reaching a charming little town near the Blue Mountains which we would have our morning tea at this charming little bakery!
Goodness. The first thing i felt was COLD COLD COLD once i got our of the nice warm, toasty mini tourbus, and i was wear a tank top + long sleeve thermal top from F21 + long sleeved waffle hoodie from AE + Leather jacket from Berska + thick leggings underneath my pants + PVC leather pants from Zara + Socks + furry Eskimo boots.
LOL WTF after wearing all that layers and i was still freezing! Jessica was only wearing long sleeve top + knitted cardigan + long skirt and booties. WTF
Morning tea at the cute little bakery!
Hahaha the cute couple i was talking about earlier than i met on the city tour the day before. So not only Singapore is small ok, the whole WORLD is small!
We had really yummy scones, my favorite pretzel & some nice hot tea.
Hahahah i was pretty amazed and how fresh and yummy the scones were because in Singapore, the scones i've tried are generally almost hard like rock and just not too appealing.
After our morning tea, everyone was full & satisfied and we heading over to Scenic World, where we would begin our tour at the Blue Mountains by enjoying the view of the Blue Mountains via Scenic Skyway.
Hahaha this girl is seriously cute. I think her excitement takes over her completely all the time, like only after she got in the Scenic Skyway and after awhile she remembers her crazy fear for heights, only then did she start hyperventilating. -.-
The view is truly breathtaking. I wish i could stop snapping my camera and stay still and just enjoy the beautiful view of the hazy blue cast of the Blue Mountain but i just can't - gotta snap some pics to preserve these memories!
Like really, WOW.
Heheh, there was this transparent platform area that we can stand on to see what's beneath us too.
Hahaha, i look like a freaking bun wearing so many layers of clothes, but no choice!
Either i look like a bun or i freeze. Lol, comfort is more essential.
Some of the pictures are credited to Jessica btw! All the very pro looking shots like the above, heheh.
Muahaha, after the Scenic SkyWay we headed to the Scenic Railway, which is really the STEEPEST railway in the world, there's no seatbelts or safety bars that would press your legs down etc btw, there's only like a overhead metal "grill" thing.
Hohohoh. can't wait! I think years ago leon told me about this and i can't believe I've just got to try it!
Lol it was really damn steep and fast, only got to take two shots when it was going down before i chuck my camera side and hold on to the bars for dear life. hahaha
Yay, end of the railway.
You shoot me, i shoot you back!
So we started the forest walk and our tour operator was telling us about the history of blue mountains, how it used to be a coal mines and the dangerous parts of the jobs like how they released birds into the coal mines to check if the level of oxygen was way to low for humans to go in etc. Scary!
So there were like 3 paths we could choose to take to get to the end of the trail. There were the straight forward one about 10 mins walk, we chose the 20 mins walk and there was one for the 30 or 45 mins walk detour that you can probably see more stuff.
LOL my hair is so freaking red.
Love how jessica is an awesome photographer! Hohoho, she always takes really awesome shots for me. (:
Yay! this really nice couple offered to take some shots for us (:
Awwwww, i wanna travel with my other half when I'm old too. How sweet.
Lol even the blue mountains skyway operator is so friendly. I think i would be happy and nice to everyone if i work in a place like that too. Just enjoy the gorgeous view every single day after day, how envious.
PEACE OUT!
Another shot with Jeeeeeeeeess!
Hahahah we went to the souvenir shop and when i saw this i was like :"AWWW! WHY SO CUTE! WHEN ARE WE GONNA SEE THESE IRL I WANNA SEEEEE!"
Jessica looked slightly amused and told me i was probably gonna be disappointment and i won't like wombats when i see the real thing.. LOL
Muahaha, i got one and named it Nutella and Jessica named her's pudding cos her hammie just past away couple days prior the trip. Eh i know we're damn sad, naming our new plushies after our dead pets. :x
LOL! Koala invasion!
Say HHHHHHHI-EEE to Jessica, Pudding, Fidelis & Nutella!
Oh then we went to this mini falls just around the area..
Oh-hhhhhii! Group photo!
Somehow jessica's iphone ended up with me, hahaha never put the tips of her bunny ipod case's ears near your face. Cos she use that bunny ears to poke lift buttons, probably nudge some disgusting things out of the way or whatever. Hahahah
Probably climbed a million steps before reaching the mini falls.
Yay, there you go with Part 1 of the blue mountains tour, i've just sorted out the pics for part 2, and day 4 which i went for surfing lessons on Bondi beach etc. Can't wait to post them up. :D
Loves, TheLuckiestChick.
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