{"id":1216,"date":"2026-02-16T18:44:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mykoala.net\/wp\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:44:38","slug":"blue-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mykoala.net\/wp\/2026\/1216\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We arrived at the Lithgow Tourist an
& Van Park in the Blue Mountains after driving most of the day through rain. It eased up so that we could set up camp before starting again in the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View from campsite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Legs Down for the first time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the many visitors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First day we went to the information Centre to learn where to go and what to see them shopping to to up our supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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30km of dirt tracks. Lots of portholes and corrugations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tunnel to get there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tunnel to get there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tunnel to get there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stairs to climb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Even a lookout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Local wildlife<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Glowworm Tunnel with red light<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Glowworms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Three lost city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Three lost city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Three lost city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Second day we took the dirt road into the Wollemi National Park to the Glowworm Tunnel and lookout. On the return drive we stopped off to view the Lost City, rock formations that resembles stone houses, buildings and ruins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scenic World<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tribute too the coal miners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Katoomba Waterfalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Three Three Sisters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scenic Skyway Floor View<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Friday we drove to Katoomba and went to Scenic World to view the Blues Mountains and The Three Sisters. We walked from the Eastern Terminal of the Scenic Skyway to Echo Point and back for a better view of The Three Sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hassans Lookout Clouded in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next day we drove up to Hassans Wall Lookout but there was so much cloud \/ fog there was no view to enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We arrived at the Lithgow Tourist an& Van Park in the Blue Mountains after driving most of the day through rain. It eased up so that we could set up camp before starting again in the evening. First day we went to the information Centre to learn where to go and what to see them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventurers2026","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mykoala.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mykoala.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mykoala.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mykoala.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mykoala.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mykoala.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mykoala.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mykoala.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mykoala.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mykoala.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}