I was up at 5:00 this morning to try and photograph our arrival into Sydney. My phone captures some reasonable photos in low light without the faffing around which are good enough for the blog. I took plenty that mostly look the same but I will narrow it down to a few to post here.
The Horizon Court (canteen) was heaving so it was just a coffee and a couple of pastries which we ate out the back while admiring the Sydney Harbour Bridge. What a great view for breakfast.
Once we had finished we did a quick circuit of the open decks before going back to the cabin and gathering our things to disembark.
Our flight wasn’t until 9:45 pm so to fill the day we booked a trip out to the Blue Mountains. Our driver arrived earlier than expected so we were soon making our way to our first stop which was Wentworth Falls.
The journey took about 1 ½ hours and we spent 40 minutes or so viewing it from the various lookouts. 40 minutes later we arrived at the Three Sisters Lookout for some breathtaking views of the Blue Mountains iconic landmark. Here we spent about an hour enjoying and photographing the views.
We decided that our next stop would be good for a lunch break and our driver suggested the Katoomba RSL which is what we did. We probably spent too long there chatting and eating because our next stop was Scenic World and there were three rides there that we had planned to do but because of the queues we only managed one which was the Skyway, this was a cable car ride across the Jamison Valley. It’s the highest cable car ride in Australia and Nicole coped with it admirably.
Because of the timing and the really long queues, we cut our stop short and decided to head back to the airport. Had it been a weekday and no queues we could have achieved a lot more.
We arrived back at the airport at 5:15 dropped our luggage off and passed through security fairly quickly. It was then a case of grabbing a drink and a nibble to eat before our flight. We must return to the Blue Mountains at some point and give it the time it deserves.
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Lovely last day. I’ve booked a ship disembarkation tour to Blue Mountains for the Mar/Apr 2025 cruise, so I was doubly pleased to have a preview. It looks perfect! Hoping you have an uneventful trip home, thanks for letting us all tag along on your journey.
Sounds like a good end to a decent cruise.
Hi there Mike. It’s been really good following your adventure which has generated considerable discussion over our circumnavigation of Oz here on the Solent. What a wonderful way to end the trip visiting The Three Sisters and Katoomba which on our trip, we did at the beginning. Safe journey home.