5/23/2008 Katoomba, Three Sisters and Beyond...

After flying home yesterday and staying in Sutherland for a night we were up and out by 7:30 again on our way to the Blue Mountains. Our first stop was at the Three Sisters rock formation. From the overlook at Echo Point we drove to the scenic Railway and took the railcar down into the forest where we walked the trail then took the cableway up. We continued our drive through more little towns, stopping at Govett's Leap overlook and then lunched at the old Imperial Hotel at Mount Victoria. The scenery was fantastic as we continued through the backroads down the other side of the mountains, past Lake Lyell to the O'Connell Pub where we met up with Ian's mate, Bill and his wife Deidre. After a quick tour around their 375 acre property (which included changing a tire that was sliced on the sidewall by a piece of rock!) we returned to the pub for a wonderful dinner and drinks.