Finally, the day that we are going to the blue mountains. The original plan was to go last week Sunday (March 17), but due to the amount of rain (it was pouring) that fell from the sky, we decided to cancel it. Luckily, we had seen it on time with the weather forecast app so we could make other plans. But that story will be told in the first few weeks blog (when it’s ready). But to give a brief overview, it involved a visit to the Dutch shop, a big problem and drinking green beer in Chippendale.
But back to the blue mountain story, what is the Blue mountain? The Blue Mountains is a rugged region west of Sydney in Australia’s New South Wales. Known for dramatic scenery, it encompasses steep cliffs, eucalyptus forests, waterfalls and villages dotted with guesthouses, galleries, and gardens. This region can be reached via the T1 train from Central. The train takes about 2.5 hours to go to the blue mountain (Katoomba station) from Central Station.
The blue mountain is a fairly popularly by tourists because of the great scenery. So ofcourse that is one of the few things you will do when your stay in Sydney for long period of time. So we decided to go this Sunday. And as you probably already read from the personal pronoun, I didn’t go alone. For this trip, I was accompanied by six fellow Dutchies. Because hiking through the mountains is much better when you have good company.
Note to future self: Download Guus Meeuws music, it makes hiking through the mountain much better for some reason. (For the readers, you will need to wait a little bit longer, because their is a story behind this one that will happend in about a month from now)
So I woke up early to meet the group at central (meeting time was 8 hours at the central station). During the morning, I had already turned on the camera to film some clips for the vlog, because I knew that I might want to film this as a separate episode. I even prepared some shots, but like every trip, it doesn’t always go according to plan. For some of the prepared shots their wasn’t enough time to film them. This is also a good time to explain why I am working on vlogs! Lately, i have been interested in photography and the process of making a video. So with this trip to Australia, I decided to learn the skill related to this topic. Of course, I expect to make enough mistakes along the way, but that is part of every learning process.
Again, I fall away from the main story. So when we all gathered at central (except two, but they would join us at a later station), we boarded the train to Katoomba station. After the 2.5 hours train journey, we arrived (around 11 am)at Katoomba station, where it was only a short walk to the three sisters, but before going to the three sisters, we made a quick stop at Coles ( Coles is a supermarket here in Australia) to stock up on some snacks and cross buns. After buying ,we walk to the three sisters, which has a beautiful view of the mountains. Here we decided to eat lunch and play “30 seconds”. For lunch, I had wraps with cheese, lettuce and tzatziki and corn. After that lovely lunch, we walked to the three sisters and then went down the stairs to Katoomba waterfall. It was still a 25 min walk down and two hour walk to get to the waterfall but when you then finally arrive, you at least have something. Unfortunately, we didn’t the blue mountains during a rain season, so the waterfall was a little bit dry, but still a great view.
After seeing the waterfall, we took another set of stairs back up, which where better than the ones going down. From their we took the bus back to katoomba station. Where we arrived at 4 pm, just in time, because it started to rain. (note: In the train back we again did some “30 seconds”, because we needed to pass the time. :))
During the trip, I filmed as much as possible and tried to get my friend as much as possible on camera so that I can make a general vlog instead of a vlog where I am the only one on screen. At the moment, I think that I don’t have enough clips to get this. But I will see what I got when I receive the other clips from the other people so I can start editing the footage.
That that was blue mountain recap, see you next time. : P
Side note: This area would have been a nice area to film with a drone, but I don’t have one, so I’ll check on Ali Express if they sell some cheap drone.
THE JOURNEY BEGINS 