We continued the tour, first visiting the Three Sisters Echo Point lookout at Lilianfels Park.
The weather was so good! We could see clearly the blue hue of the mountain range. The blue hue actually comes from the gas reflections of the euclyptus leaves (koala's favourite food).
The Three Sisters refers to the formation of three eroded peaks. From the mythical story of the aborigines, three village girls were cast a spell to be turned into three rocks while their fathers went to war. The fathers died before being able to lift the spell, leaving the three girls in that condition forever. Whatever!
It was a Saturday so the place was flooded by tourists...
The peak formations called the Three Sisters...
I was searching high and low for En. Arip, and I finally spotted him there!
Three out of SEVEN sisters? Wonder what happened to the other four...
MANY tourists and the Three Sisters.
Trying my luck at snapping a lost, wild koala...hehehe
We spent about 45 minutes at Echo Point, so by the time we got back to the bus to wait for the others, I had snapped a lot of pics! Huhuhu...I like the sun this bright... with cool temperatures, of course!
The pic on top left is that of an aborigine playing his didgeridoo...
We left the Three Sisters lookout to proceed to the next stop - The Scenic Skyway! A cable car is connected from one cliff to the other side of the ravine. And there were two other rides waiting for us on the other side... After all the fun at the Scenic Railway, the bus will pick us up at that peak, too..
The Scenic Skyway , owh I luv the glass floor! Also the view of the Katoomba Falls between the two stations...
On the other peak, we took the Scenic Cableway down the valley floor. It took us deep down into the jungles...
The view from the Scenic Cableway.We walked through the jungle... To get back up to civilization, we had two options: either take the same Scenic Cableway or try the Scenic Railway. Having tried the Scenic Cableway, our choice was obviously the Scenic Railway.
Some pics from the jungle. Along the path, one can find the explanation to how this jungle came about.
There were three routes available to hikers, all of different distances. We decided to take the short walk, as advised by the bus driver earlier...
This is the Scenic Railway. Of all the three rides, I enjoyed this one the most! It was a really thrilling ride. Do u know why there was netting on the roof of the train? Because, on the way up, the train's position was almost slanting 90 degrees! U would feel like u were standing up, and the train passes by a narrow rock crack, and into small cave tunnel! The cave's walls were only a few inches from ur face! The net was to protect ur face! Also, the train moved as fast as a roller coaster! Damn, it was actually better then a roller coaster! hehe
The Scenic Railway ends at the Scenic World Station as well, where our bus was already waiting for us... To calm the adrenalin, we took in the view with some hot coffee... The ride was worth every single cent!
The machine that drags the Scenic Cableway up the steep slope...
They have also displayed sculptures of the legendary three sisters in the station compound...
And this must be their farther? Oowh don't shoot me! I am not ur daughters' BF! LOL
Not everyone enjoys coffee En Arip! Hahahah
The old Scenic Skyway gondola on display... En. Arip was lucky to have experienced it 15 years ago...
Something from En Arip's 15-year old scrap book - the Skyway gondola used then.
Below is a short clip of the three rides from En. Arip's DVDcam:
Btw, the next stop was the small town of Leura... owh I simply luv this town!!
Stay tuned!
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