Blue Mountains

Today we picked up a car for the drive to the Blue Mountains, and then we will drive to Brisbane Saturday morning. On our way to the car rental place in Darling Harbor we decided to buy a GPS. Renting one actually costs more then buying one. And buying one was cheaper then buying the AUS/NZ maps for the gps we already have.

Bob is the better navigator so I always drive. Even with the GPS we managed to get ourselves mixed up on the drive out. It wasn't all bad though we got to drive across the Harbor Bridge, Old Iron Lung. Our time in Sydney was short, we did not get a chance to walk across the bridge on the pedestrian path or climb the bridge. So getting off course wasn't so bad.

Zinger of the day...
Linda said,
"Bob, don't forget it's your anniversary, when you tell Lori where to go."

On the 1.5 hour drive to the Blue Mountains we had a flat tire. With our NASCAR pit crew, it took about 5 minutes and we were back on our way. Linda pulled out the box of chocolates during the tire changing. You could say the flat tire was bitter sweet! Lunch was in the city of Katoomba at the Old Bank Beer Garden. Kangaroo strips were on the menu. Mike & Linda shared the steak burger, which they swear was Kangaroo.

On to Echo Point. I didn't really know what the Blue Mountains were all about. OMG. It's like the Grand Canyon x 20. It's fabulous. Imagine the Grand Canyon covered with foliage. It was amazing. We did a 1.5 hour Bushwalk. There are hours and hour’s worth of Bushwalking paths. We did drive to a few other look out points and spent about 6 hours in the Blue Mountains altogether.