Leura, Blue Mountains: Day 19

All change again on Thursday as we headed for the Blue Mountains. Given where we were (geographically speaking) we decided to head over the mountains rather than go into Sydney and then out again. It would be long and winding but we thought it might be a little more scenic. Well if you call a few dead wombats scenic!

We arrived in Leura at around 3 and headed for the house Chris and Scarlett had rented. The house was like a museum – a Victorian house frozen in time. In fact, the whole of the Blue Mountains has a strongly English Victorian feel.

Scarlett, her mum (Venetia) and brother (Charlie) wouldn’t be with us until the evening so we went for an ‘explore’ around Leura. We found a café with a fantastic view of the valley over to Katoomba so had a quick lunch.

When everyone had arrived we lit the fires (it is cold in the mountains), made some food and played cards into the night. Then to bed for some much needed sleep before our big day of walking tomorrow.