We were at Scenic World when the door opened. Scenic World features 3 different rides down & over the mountains...the quickest way to "see it all." Our first ride was in a skyway car that glided 270m between cliff tops above the Jamison Valley. What a view...it would have been if we weren't in a thick cloud...so glad we got there so early! Not to be discouraged, we climbed aboard the railway which at a 52 degree incline quickly had us down to the bottom. There we walked the boardwalks that twisted & turned through the ancient forest while signs told us what we were seeing. So many different types of trees & evidence of past natural & manmade influence on their growth. For 15 years this area was mined for coal...which is how the whole Scenic World vision began...on the coal bin tracks. We took a cableway up 545m back to the base for lunch. Now with a clear sky, we got back on the skyway car and this time the valley way, way, way below was crystal clear! Back in our car, we headed for Blackheath...still in the Blue Mountains and still loving the various hues of blue that covers this entire area. Rog and I toured the Blue Ridge Mountains in USA on our honeymoon (spending a whole lot less) so memories are popping up. The blue here is much more pronounced because the oil that the Eucalyptus tree gives off. We spent about 10 hours today traveling the backroads pulling off often and searching for animals & we found them: lyre birds, 3-4' iguana like creature, cockatoo, kookaburras and lots of hopping, happy kangaroos!! What a riot to watch them! We drove from the top of cliffs to the valleys below where the land was pastured & only a few towns...on curvy, narrow, and steep roads...sometimes feet away from the edge of cliffs. Rog drove slowwwwly and carefullllly....and I just got to enjoy it!!
