5. to 28. February

We drove into the Blue Mountains – to see the waterfalls with more water… but we couldn’t see the Wentworth Falls as the walk was closed due to the recent rain falls. Anyway we had a great day including the crumble cake, the winding road from Blaxland and the Three Sisters.

Penrith was worth a visit as they even have a further sport attraction. We knew about the White Water Rafting, Slalom Kayak and Rowing and now you could go for Waterskiing without a boat and the river. They opened the Cable-Wakeboarding-Park again. We watched some events before I had a go on a kneeboard. Unfortunately I was not really good at it – I had my falls before finishing one complete round but it was fun and I would do it again although my arms were sour for around two weeks, most likely from holding onto the line and carrying the board back to the starting line. 

Finally, I really have to say finally as we never managed to do it while living in Sydney, we went up to Wiseman’s Ferry. We relaxed at the riverbank and watched a waterski race. We actually saw them already from the lookout. After the race we took the ferry over the river (it’s nice to use a ferry and don’t have to pay anything for it) and drove on. We did a big circle in the region and returned via an unsealed road to Wiseman’s Ferry and returned.

Then we went on one of the known 4WD tracks in the Blue Mountains – towards the Glow-Worm-Tunnel. The way is through the old railway track (some 2WD cars are going there as well but I wouldn’t dare). During the way you have to cross one tunnel of around 100m completely within the rock so it’s just dark and you don’t have much space to right and left. Finally at the car park we took the torch and walked the last meters. The Glow-Worm-Tunnel is also an old section of the railway just a bit longer and wetter than the one you crossed by car. We walked inside and switched the torch off to have a chance seeing the glow-worms and there they were. Thousands little dots at the walls, the ground and the ceiling.

CU soon, Tom and Anja