Blue Mountains day trip
November 11, 2006
The five of us took to the mountains, just for the day.
[Martin, Christine, Tony, Magnus...and me]
Goal: to check out the scenery on a hot day.
lunch with a view
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The Giant Stairway takes you from the rim down to the bottom. It's deep.
the vicinity
30° in the shade
Next up...or down: The steepest railway in the world, dropping down through a natural tunnel.
"Limbs are difficult to replace"
"Infants may be lost or damaged"
There's no way you can see over this edge
-See the light at the end of the tunnel?
Can't sit straight in this one
a 52° drop
Another scenic spot
They've been quite busy mining this place!
So green, so lush...
"Blackbird singing in the dead of night" (Beatles)
a termite stack
We hike along the deep forest walkway...
...and catch a cable ride back to the top.