Oppressive heat... I love it!
It is the last couple of days of my cousin's stay here in Oz (The Canadian ones... its not worth trying to work out who in truth, for those of you that know, im both impressed, and surprised)... as such, we're cramming as much as we can into the next few short days. Twas clubbing last night, and it was a trip to the slightly blue mountains today.
It wasn't a particularly early start today thankfully... we did get in the car and set off around 11... en route we did a scenic eye tour thing, which I wasnt too impressed by. The blue mountains are stunning, don't get me wrong, but i'd seen them from the air before, even walked a little in there... I had even seen a brown snake in the wild... it was never going to impress me that much. I did drink plenty of fresh mineral water from the mountain though... very cool.
Then off to the Jenolan Caves; the oldest known caves in the world. We were due to explore the 'Lucas Cave'... which we did. Obviously, as with all of my journeys, the photos are absolutly amazing. I must have a good 100-200 just from within the caves itself. It is difficult to believe wonders like it are naturally created, but again, I am not the sentimental type, so i'm going to stop waxing lyrical there... more of that to come later =)
On the route back, we got Chineese (i've had more Chineese here than i've had ever..!) and stopped one more time at the 'Echo point' in the mountains. At this point (11pm) in the pitch pitch black, my cousins blind folded me and dragged me to the edge of the cliff (the rail told me it was the edge..!)... I opened my eyes to probably the most beautiful view i've ever seen. The three sisters. They were all lit up in orange, and just looked fantastic...
For those that don't know, the 'Three Sisters' are a rock formation on the mountain range, imagine these humungous rocks against a pitch black starry sky (the stars down here are ridiculous.. i'm going to come home with neck ache!) being lit from around 10-15km by some ridiculously powerful orange lamp. Perfectly. The light is focused on that part of the valley exactly, and they just look unreal. Even photos wouldn't do it justice, not that we could get photos... stars being far away and all...
Anyway, on that note, wait for a bunch of 'sights' to be posted on facebook... or pester me for photos at will...
I'm gonna go to bed... another buffet tomorrow!
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