The Blue Mountains- Scenic World 06/08/16

After the walk back to the top of the Valley, we drove to Scenic World. There were lots of different attractions there that you could go on out in the mountains. It had the world’s steepest railway, the highest and biggest cable car in Australia and the longest boardwalk in the Southern Hemisphere.  It also had the biggest gift shop I had seen so far!

We decided the first thing we would do was to get the cable car down into the valley. I’m not scared of heights but it was really scary when the ground just disappeared and suddenly you were 200m up in the air.

We walked along the forest boardwalk which took us to the Scenic Railway. 

On the way we saw an old coal mine and a display of some of the old tools that have been found down there.

The railway was SO steep the pictures don’t do it justice. When you got in to the cart, you could choose the angle of your seat, ‘laid back’, ‘original’, or ‘cliff-hanger’. We obviously went for cliff-hanger which was really scary when the train started. I had to hang on as I thought I was going to fall forwards.

When we got to the top we went to go on the Sky Rail, which takes you across the valley from one side of the mountains to the other. The queue was really long so James and I got some lunch and then went and joined it. The gift shop was absolutely huge so I also did some shopping.

The sky rail was really cool and seriously high at 270m above ground. During the crossing we saw Katoomba waterfall which was gorgeous.

We were running low on time, so we got the Skyway straight back to Scenic World and then headed to go back down on the railway. We did the cliff-hanger again, although I was much more prepared this time and made sure I was hanging on properly. The views were incredible!

We walked in the valley for a while, and then headed to get the cable car to the top. On the way up we saw Orphan Rock, which you used to be able to walk onto, but it collapsed and was now too dangerous. 

We left Scenic World and drove back to Katoomba for dinner. We went to a pub called the Alex Hotel, where we were traditionally English and got bangers and mash. It was a couple of hours drive back to Sydney and I was so tired I fell asleep in the car again.

We made a quick stop at where James works to pick up some cardboard tubing and bubble wrap for the wine I bought. After South Africa when the wine bottle cracked and leaked on everything in my suitcase, I didn’t want to take any chances. We got back to the apartment and I was so tired I went straight to bed.