Tuesday, May 25, 2010

To NSW(3): Blue mountains national park: Katoomba/Leura day2

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Nothing could be better than this, woke up early to be greeted by the beautiful sunrise of Blue mountains.

of course i have to run here, haha
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The cliff walls reflecting the early sunrise colour.
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Sunrise view from the three sisters.
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Wished i could sit there whole day, it’s such a nice spot!!!
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The sun lighten up the whole Jamison valley!!!
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After watching the sunrise, my next destination was finishing the prince henry cliff walk + Leura cascades.

Bottom right pic was the place that I managed to get myself out of the track the night before.
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Parrot feather??
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Walk walk walk all the way…
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Love the yellow flowers so much!!
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Got to get out of the current track to the main road to connect to Federal pass to get to Leura.
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And there you go, the Leura cascades from far up top, got to get down there!!!!!
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Different lookout points offer somewhat a different angle of the valley which can sometimes be very pretty!!!
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Getting closer to the leura cascades!!! Yeah!!!!
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LOVE these 2 pics i took on these bonsai like tree and its flowers!!!
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On my way to upper Leura cascades…
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And “tah dah!!!” The leura cascades is by far the prettiest cascades i have even seen before with all the coverings of ferns and bonsai like trees!!! Wished i could stay there longer but unfortunately my time was so limited :(
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And next, down to the bottom of Leura cascades!!!.Crossing through slippery rocks and fern bower which look a bit prettier in some sense compared to Malaysia ferns because it’s not as dense as Malaysia ones.
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Another “tah dah!!!” and I’m suprised to met another quite old korean couple doing meditation there, which shows how good is this spot!! Words just can’t express how beautiful the place is, and the pictures i taken too doesn’t really do the place justice!!!
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The water from the upper cascades flow over on top of this kinda massive rock and form the amazing falls and smaller cascades all over this massive rock.
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The lower cascades is kinda surround by walls of sheer cliffs which is kinda nice!!!
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Meditating near the falls was just simply AWESOME!!! The sound of water flowing, the freshness, the crisp cool air, the greenery around you just give you serenity and peacefulness!!!!
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But again good times ended with my limited time, it’s time to get back to Katoomba to catch my bus to Blackheath, where another magical valley of walls and cliffs awaits me!!!!

Waiting for the bus near one of the grand hotel in Katoomba.
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