Jan 5th - The Blue Mountains

Took a day trip to the Blue Mountains, they are called such because of the amount of Ecupuliptus trees there which really do give out a blue haze.

We stopped off at a wildlife park on the way there, which had virtually every type of aussie animal from croc to kangaroos and koalas

Then we toured round some of the stunning scenery of the blue mountains, stopping off at various viewpoints including this one which is called the 3 sisters, then after lunch we took a cablecar ride to the valley floor and had a walk through the forests below even spotting a wild koala, before boarding the worlds steepest railway incline for the journey back to the top.

We then drove to wentworth falls and had a walk down around 250 steps for some stunning views of the waterfals which was worth the walk.

On the way back to Sydney we stopped at Sydney's Olympic park for half an hour and had a look at the Olympic stadium before boarding a cruse the rest of the way back to the city arriving by going under the stunning harbor bridge.

Was a great day with loads packed into it so had a quite evening at the hostel on the fantastic rooftop terrace.