A train to the Blue Mountains
About 2 hours by train from Sydney lies Blue Mountains National Park . We walked downtown, got on the city light rail, then took a train to Katoomba . Luckily (and with the careful planning of Katelin), we sandwiched our visit in between rainy days. There were still puddles of water on many of the trails, and it could have been a cold and wet visit. But no worries! The weather was perfect, bordering on hot (when you are climbing up and down trails). We got tickets to a “hop on, hop off” bus, and took 3 hikes through eucalypt forests. There were loads of people, but the crowds decreased dramatically the further you walked from the easily accessible sites. We found the bus drivers particularly helpful... they would get out of their seats to point you to the trailhead and remind you where to be picked up. You could spend a lot of time here. I think it would be a blast to explore Blue Mountains National Park for 2-3 ...