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After the disappointment that was Canberra, we drove about 100kms to Sydney. The objective was to buy and install an awning with fly networks and check the truck.
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We review some extravagant cities on the route (check the sheep Merino Giant) before deciding to stay in Poplar Tourist Park in Camden. Despite being perhaps an hour or so by car of the Sydney CBD, this was still classified as within the Sydney district. It was a relatively cheap site, at $ 25 per night without power, and Camden was a fairly small city with some good pubs and a McDonalds.
After our first night, we drove Silverwater, a suburb of Sydney, in search of an awning. The trip took about an hour and a half thanks to the terrible traffic and constant red lights. I was also boiling hot. We arrived to discover that Silverwater’s site was the company’s central office (thanks Google) and not the exhibition room where we could buy the awning. We had to drive half an hour back to Smithfield, where Emma had sworn that the exhibition hall was all the time. Disappointingly, we could buy the awning, but could not be equipped until some time in February once they opened a new store. It would have been fine if we had an exercise and had some form of electricity. It is not a very productive three -hour return trip and we end up reserving the truck in Camden mechanics anyway. The next morning, we dropped the truck at 8 am so that the mechanics could take a quick look. Of course, they would introduce us to let us know any problem and when it was ready to collect. 12:30 pm arrived and were, so we returned to find not only the truck waiting for us but also an invoice of $ 240. The truck had new spark plugs (it is no longer a cylinder down!), The new ignition cables and the ignition time had been adjusted. It started for the first time, but given the delay, we had to stay another night in Camden. The blue mountains would have to wait until morning.
Blue mountains
Our introduction to the blue mountains was a soft slope that the truck handled wonderfully. I was quite happy and I felt that a weight had risen. Genbrook is the entrance door to the blue mountains and the only section of the National Park where the entrance rates are applied. We thought it would be a good idea to review the caves of the red hands, although we did not know what the road would imply. 13 km of steep hills and without sealing. Directly towards the deep and implacable Australian bush. It was not the ideal day for a newly fixed truck; Avoid huge potholes and rocks flying everywhere. Our maximum speed was approximately 20 km/blow, it was very afraid and, after a walk more than fifteen minutes, the cave was a bit anti-climax but intriguing, however, like most days, our house for the night decided the day and we reserved in Blackheath Caravan Park for $ 38 per night without power. Pretty expensive, but we wanted to be available to the main tourist areas to spend a few days exploring. Anyway, it was much cheaper than a bus tour. The blue mountains are a Unesco world heritage site and it is easy to see why. This place is incredibly beautiful with large throats and cannons, tropical jungles and waterfalls. The most prominent aspects, obviously, were the three sisters, the picturesque world and the falls of Wentforth. The three sisters are a different rock formation that, according to the aboriginal legend, represents three sisters who were converted into stone. Echo Point’s observation towards the three sisters was perfect. We make sure to visit later in the day, in Golden Hour, when all the tourist buses were gone. We share the place with perhaps another ten people. Seeing sunset on the blue mountains was something that dreams are made. My photos do not do justice.[easy-image-collage id=1165]We also walk a few kilometers to Wentworth Falls, although the best view was from the contrary. You can’t see much of the water flying from the edge of the gorge when you are on top. However, some people tried. We saw from afar while people jumped the barrier and reached a few meters from the steep drop to the valley below. No, thanks. On the way back to parking, we thought it would be a good idea to walk along the ‘undercliff’ track. I don’t know why I’m still doing these things. A cliff that protruded over us and an incredibly steep fall to the left did not leave me well. We paid a day pass even though we arrived in the afternoon, since it meant that we obtained unlimited walks in each of the three attractions. The glass floor cable car was great and was not so scared. The best part was the railroad, which is more a roller coaster. We go down twice and go back sitting right at the front. In one of our descents, we moved the seat forward to the ‘Cliffhanger’ position that increased the gradient to approximately 60%. Our bags flew and Emma’s water bottle ended somewhere in the front. It was absolutely mental.
Interestingly, just one day after the truck was “fixed”, we could not start the truck at all in the scenic world outside the world that ended with another call to the RAC. They told us that the wait was three hours, but fortunately a friendly mechanic appeared in fifteen minutes. It was easily fixed; The new lead had cleaned and simply needed to replace. If I just knew something about cars.
We had lost our opportunity to go to Paragon Café in Katoomba, the oldest coffee in Australia, but we still had time to walk from the giant staircase to the honeymoon bridge. It sounds lovely, but these steps are carved on the side of the vertical throat and the bridge connects to one of the three sisters. I am afraid of heights and many bad words came out of my mouth. I was supposed to lower the stairs as if I had an ‘accident’, but I am quite sure that Emma is inventing it. Our last morning in the blue mountains had it in the Paragon Café with cake and tea.
For more information about the Blue mountains, see my last publication here.
It’s time to move inland
As you know, we don’t really have a plan right now. We have to return to Sydney in early March and then we can start the lap of Australia. We decided to address more inland to review our Rural Nueva Gales del Sur; Agricultural country To try to balance our expenses at the beginning of the week, we went back free at Lake Wallace for two nights and Carcoar Dam for another. The heavens on Lake Wallace were the clearest I’ve seen.
We liked Cowra’s sound, so that’s where we decided to leave. Along the way, we stopped in Bathurst, the first inner settlement in Australia. We will return safely, since it can drive around the race of Monte Panorama for free. I am considering that Max will get the lap record. Cowra’s claim is that, during World War II, 1,000 Japanese Pow tried to get out of the camp. The Japanese would prefer to die in the struggle suffering from the humiliation of capture.
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