Thursday, 2 July 2009 (day 1 of 4)
Harbour Bridge Climb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Harbour Bridge, Sydney
Climbed to the top
Cockatoo at the park
Gray Headed Flying Fox
A few of them waking up
Wrestling cockatoos
Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
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Friday, 3 July 2009 (day 2 of 4)
Sydney to Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
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Short hike near the Mount Tomah Lodge
Really windy, crawled to the edge to look down
Mt Victoria Post Office, at one time this town was named "One Tree Hill" on a map dating back to 1834
Quick stop at Govett's Leap (really cold)
Last stop before turning back, Echo Point, Three Sisters to the left, Mount Solitary on the horizon (tomorrow's hike)
Then back to the lodge where our hosts Bill and Gail served a 3 course meal and everything was perfect!
Sydney to Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
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Short hike near the Mount Tomah Lodge
Really windy, crawled to the edge to look down
Mt Victoria Post Office, at one time this town was named "One Tree Hill" on a map dating back to 1834
Quick stop at Govett's Leap (really cold)
Last stop before turning back, Echo Point, Three Sisters to the left, Mount Solitary on the horizon (tomorrow's hike)
Then back to the lodge where our hosts Bill and Gail served a 3 course meal and everything was perfect!
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free . . . . Jim Morrison
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Saturday, 4 July 2009 (day 3 of 4)
Mount Solitary from Golden Staircase - Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
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We started down the Golden Stairs, about 1000' descent
Mount Solitary
Walked thru a rainforest
Fun climb to Mt Solitary
Ruined Castle is the pointy hill, top of Golden Stairs is behind on the high ridge
Close-up
Summit shot
Steep descent, Ruined Castle is the pointy peak down there
Three sisters from the rainforest area, before the Golden Stairs
Mount Solitary from Golden Staircase - Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
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We started down the Golden Stairs, about 1000' descent
Mount Solitary
Walked thru a rainforest
Fun climb to Mt Solitary
Ruined Castle is the pointy hill, top of Golden Stairs is behind on the high ridge
Close-up
Summit shot
Steep descent, Ruined Castle is the pointy peak down there
Three sisters from the rainforest area, before the Golden Stairs
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Is that what that's called?Snow Nymph wrote:Wrestling cockatoos
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Re: Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
maybe they were doing something else?
I forgot to post this
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this kid got lost the day before we hiked it and got lost . . . for 12 days! Totally unprepared. We couldn't figure out HOW he could have gotten lost. We didn't go up to Ruined Castle, we decided to go for Mount Solitary and catch Ruined Castle on the way back, but ran out of time (3 course meal was on the agenda for that night). I hope he donated the money he got from the interview.
I forgot to post this
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090719/ap_ ... backpacker" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
this kid got lost the day before we hiked it and got lost . . . for 12 days! Totally unprepared. We couldn't figure out HOW he could have gotten lost. We didn't go up to Ruined Castle, we decided to go for Mount Solitary and catch Ruined Castle on the way back, but ran out of time (3 course meal was on the agenda for that night). I hope he donated the money he got from the interview.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free . . . . Jim Morrison
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