Our third and last day in the Blue Mountains started, as the Saturday with a nice brekkie prepared for us by Rosalie. As it was our last day in the Blue Mountains and our stay with Rosalie, after breakfast we pack our bags and “checked out.”
We didn’t have any major plans for the Sunday, but Jenny had given us the advice to visit Leura, the town next to Katoomba if we had time left.
We walked to Leura; it was a fair bit to walk especially because of the hilly countryside. Well in Leura, we visited a local crafts market and then set off in search for what seemed to be a good lookout spot.
Again, we walked for some time. When we got to the place where the map said the lookout would be, it looked to be inside a park with paid entrance, which we didn’t feel like doing.
After closer inspection of the map, Linnea realised that next to the park there was a pathway leading down past the park. This pathway led to the Elysian Rock Lookout.
The view was amazing, and when we arrived, we were completely alone. So we occupied the very well placed park bench and had some fika.
When we had taken in the view and the fika, we left on another track going on a short walk alongside the cliff before making our way back to central Leura. When we got back we sat down at Lily’s Pad Cafe for a soup lunch and then got some additional food from Woolies. Then we rushed to the train station where we had to take the train replacement bus (because of track work).
The Blue Mountains was a really nice place to spend a weekend in with amazing views and a challenging workout all in one. People recommended it to us before we went to Australia, and we’ll certainly recommend it to people in turn.
/ Gustav & Linnea
