Made a beeline for the famous Blue Mountains National Park just west of Sydney. After a cruisey drive down from Myall Lakes and into metropolitan Sydney, I encountered my first toll roads in Australia. Oddly enough, they didn’t have cash lanes, so I opted to set my GPS to avoid them. Sydney is a great city, but like most cities, it’s better seen without a car or gear in the back to worry about. I headed up into the mountains to see what I’ve often heard people talk about and what I regularly see out of my plane window when flying from Sydney to Perth.
There had been fires in the area, and there was still a bit of lingering smoke, but the Blue Mountains lived up to their reputation. There are a number of lookout points you can drive to at the top, but there are also a variety of trails that drop down to different levels of the cliffs, passing by rivers and waterfalls along the way. I took one trail recommended to me by the park staff that dropped you halfway down the side of the cliff and along a ridge past waterfalls and amazing overlooks, until you reached a very steep staircase up the other side. It was called the National Pass Trail. A really amazing hike!
National Pass Trail Hike
