Alarm sounded at 6:00 AM, time to get ready for Blue Mountains Tour. At 7 AM, we ate breakfast quickly and grabbed our hot choco drink and walked to St. James Station. It was very cold that day, and I wondered how much colder could it be up at Blue Mountains.

When we reached St. James Station around 7:30 AM, there was no ticket booth opened by that time. We began feeling anxious as we needed to catch early train else we won't make it. Then someone approached and assisted us on buying return ticket thru the machine, he even gave us instructions on where to change train. If I recall correctly, the return ticket costs around 11.6 AUD.

And here we are at St. James Railway Station waiting for train to Central Station. Being here just reminds me of Harry Potter. I was amazed, the train is double-decked and wow, the seats are so comfy!!! The train traveled few stations then we got out of Central station and waited for another train to Katoomba.The total journey is 2.5 hours.

We reached Katoomba Station at around 10:30 AM. Then we bought the 1 Day Discovery Package (all day trolley tours ride plus unlimited rides at Scenic World) worth 60 AUD. This was because we didn't know that we can ride the trolley by paying the minimum. Anyway, at least we got to listen to the recorded audio as the trolley toured us around Katoomba. 

From Katoomba station, we took trolley to the bus stop after Echo Point. From there we took Scenic Skyway to reach Scenic World. This Skyway took us to a 720 meter cold thrilling ride offering view of Katoomba Falls, The Three Sisters and Jamison Valley. I will explain more on them later...

When we reached Scenic World, we decided to have brunch at Eats270. The name Eats270 actually is 270 metres above the Jamison Valley! We shared 1 pizza with avocado toppings while enjoying the picturesque view of Blue Mountains. That's the Skyway at the background!

Is the mountain actually blue? Well..they say... The Blue Mountains is densely populated by oil bearing Eucalyptus trees. The atmosphere is filled with finely dispersed droplets of oil, which, in combination with dust particles and water vapour, scatter short-wave length rays of light which are predominantly blue in colour.

Then we took photos of The Three Sisters. The Three Sisters are a rock formation in the Blue Mountains. They are close to the town of Katoomba and are one of the Blue Mountains' best known sites, towering above the Jamison Valley. Their names are Meehni (922 m), Wimlah (918 m), and Gunnedoo (906 m). 

Legend says that three sisters (Meehni', 'Wimlah' and Gunnedoo') lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe. They fell in love with three men from a neighbouring tribe (the Nepean tribe), but marriage was forbidden by tribal law. The brothers were not happy to accept this law and so decided to use force to capture the three sisters. A major tribal battle ensued, and the sisters were turned to stone by a witchdoctor to protect them, but he was killed in the fighting and no one else could turn them back.

Now is time to ride Scenic Cableway compared to Scenic Skyway, the Cableway is fully enclosed cabin provides a unique vantage point for viewing the Three Sisters, Orphan Rock, Mt Solitary and Katoomba Falls.

Then we continued to the Scenic Walkway. There is a boardwalk that immerses visitors into Jurassic rainforest on the Jamison Valley floor. We just enjoyed the tranquility of the forest - the fauna, silence, nature, etc... and do some bush walking. Then we take Cableway back to Scenic World.

Then now is time to ride the Scenic Railway . The Scenic Railway is 52 degrees inclined and is considered the steepest railway in the world. We disembarked at the bottom to the rainforest. Along the way, we explored elements of the site’s coal mining history including the mine entrance, a replica miners’ hut and scale bronze sculpture of a miner and his pit pony. Then we take Cableway back to Scenic World.

From here, we ride the Scenic Skyway and bus to Echo Point Lookout. Echo Point lookout provides panoramic views of the southern Blue Mountains, the Wilderness and the iconic Three Sisters rock formation from a variety of lookouts. And here is our photo after after take 3, finally Three Sisters is not covered anymore. 

Then we decided to take one round of trolley tour to listen to the audio and learn more about the Katoomba town. At around 5:30 PM, we take train from Katoomba to St James Station. Here is a view of sunset by the train's window...


It's 8:00 PM now, let us have some rest. See ya the following day...