BLUE MOUNTAINS - SYDNEY

We headed for the Blue Mountains via M7 motorway from Rockdale, Sydney.

Our first stop was the 26 hectares Blue Mountains Botanic Garden at Mount Tomah. With many beautiful landscaped gardens, the view through the valley was spectacular.

 

 

 

 It was Winter, so there were not a lot of flowers in bloom but still so pretty.  

Birds were plenty. As an amateur photographer, I only managed to capture some of them.  

 

There were a number of small Fairy wrens in one of the gardens. Normally male and females looked the same. I was told that they could easily be identified during breeding season. The tail of the male would turn into beautiful blue plumage. 

 

 This male was ready to mate. 

A Gang-gang Cockatoo was spotted high in the tree.

A magpie.

  The Noisy Miner, a common bird could be seen everywhere.

From Botanic garden, Mount Tomah, we drove over to Katoomba town for lunch before continuing our drive to the "Three Sisters" a most spectacular landmark, located at Echo Point Katoomba.

The Katoomba town

 Echo Point Lookout

The Three Sisters and the Jamison Valley, from Echo Point, Katoomba in the World Heritage Blue Mountains National Park. 

Returning to Sydney just before sunset. It was a tiring day but we did had a good time.