We are headed to Katoomba, the Blue Mountains, and Scenic World.
The Hop On Hop Off bus HQBreakfast FirstDavid took a short walk while Terry stayed warm in a buildingDowntown Katoomba Staying warmTime to goOur first stop , the Scenic Skyway, the highest single span cable car in the world.The floor opens up and David was standing on it. No fears, it started closed. It’s only a 270 meter dropNext stop, the Scenic Railway, the steepest train in the world, with an incline of 52 degrees.The Scenic Cableway, the largest and steepest aerial cable car in the Souther Hemisphere.
David took a walk along the Scenic Walkway, the longest elevated boardwalk in Australia. While on his walk there were lots of scenic views, interesting trees, a coal mine, and base of the scenic railway. The scenic railway started out as the miners access to the coal mine. The walkway took you through a cold climate (temperate) rainforest, which borders the base of the mountain and transitions to a eucalyptus forest, which is considered the bush. 
Tree Ferns – they are about 10’ tallThere is a rainforest because it’s in the shadow side of the cliff in the afternoon.The Three Sisters in the background The coal mine. Australia is mineral rich, something new that we learned.The foreground is the rainforest, off in the distance is the eucalyptus forest.TodayIn the pastYou have to give it a tryYummyThe train back to Sydney and bed
Our Australian Adventure 
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