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Leaving the mountains...

Tuesday 14 April 2009
AustraliaDrivingWalking

Today I want to get closer to Sydney. Tomorrow I will need to hand in my car and I don’t want to spend too much time driving around the centre of this big town. Therefore the schedule of today: find one more interesting place in the mountains and then drive to one of the towns close to Sydney.

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Today I need some shelter.

Monday 13 April 2009
AustraliaDrivingWalking

Yesterday I already planned to go to the Jenolan Caves today. And what a good planning that was… Today is going to be a very wet day. And then it’s not a bad thing to be “inside”.

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There's another 'Grand Canyon'...

Sunday 12 April 2009
AustraliaDrivingWalking

And you can find it in Blackheath a small town just west of Katoomba. The lady of the visitor information centre warned me about the potential masses of tourists that I will encounter in the popular places today. Therefore she suggested walking the Neates Glen - Grand Canyon - Evans Lookout track. Most of the walkers will do it the other way around, but she explained that this was the better way: “you will end up with the best views, instead of starting with them”. She was very convincing and I don’t know anything about this place, so let’s find this big gap in the ground.

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Blue Mountains here I come.

Saturday 11 April 2009
AustraliaDrivingWalking

Today I will need to plan my next few days in the Blue Mountains. Since I don’t have time to do all this planning myself my first stop of the day will be the visitor information centre in Glenbrook. This is one of the reasons I choose to stay in Windsor last night: it is only about 45 minutes away from Glenbrook.

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Good Friday

Friday 10 April 2009
AustraliaDrivingWalking

Today I will leave the wine area of Hunter Valley and will head on to the Blue Mountains. Because of the distance, I will not make it in one day. Therefore I have picked Windsor as the next stop. It is Good Friday today and everything is closed and everybody is enjoying this day off.

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