The Blue mountains... yes they really do look blue as they stretch into the distance! There are a few competing explanations for this (based on eucalyptus trees, dust, light diffraction or mist), but to be honest, whichever is right its very pretty! The 'mountains' are really cliff faces which surround a huge, impressive gorge (more on the scale of the Grand Canyon than Cheddar Gorge). This picture is taken from Echo Point, a very dramatic lookout at Katoomba. 
And if you look to the left of the scene above you , you'll see the Three Sisters. These stripy rock formations are scaled by the Giant's Stairway, all 800 odd steps of it leading down to the valley below. With some nice views enroute as you can imagine! The cliff I'm perched on below was a fragment of rock suspended above the drop a few miles away. I like heights! I had to do my climbing when Mum wasn't watching though.. Gary didn't seem to mind when he was taking the photo... Next to this you can see Gary and my mum near a very lazy kangaroo in the wildlife park we visited, and below a few adorable koalas. They make the kangaroo look positively hyperactive!
This is Charlie - a lovely little koala that we got to stroke and have piccys taken with. He didn't mind - he seemed to like the attention! A warden was very nearby at all times to make sure he was happy though. So we couldn't run off with him, much as I'd have liked to take him home!
The most evil resident of the wildlife park was without doubt this 3 and a half meter saltwater crocodile though. After our disappointment of not seeing any reptiles browsing on swimmers in Cairns it was nice to see a really nice big croc! Like the marsupials above he didn't move much either, just opened his large menacing eyes from time to time... are Aussie animals intrinsically lazy?
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