Several weeks ago Andrew had to go to Canberra for two nights for his work. I decided that since we were pretty confident that we’d be moving to Melbourne that I would take the boys to the Blue Mountains and spend a night in Katoomba. I used to go to the mountains a lot for bushwalking and taking photographs, but I hadn’t been for ages. It just seemed too far for a day trip with kids, particularly those who don’t really like to travel.
This kept Nathan happy in the car:
We didn’t really do a great deal in the mountains. We visited Govetts Leap where we had lunch, and poked our heads into Evans Lookout before going to Katoomba. We went to Scenic World and took the Scenic Scender to the valley floor, did the 10-minute walk to the Scenic Railway which we took back up out of the valley. Nathan adored the train and wanted to go on it again both that day and the next! He still occasionally talks about the ‘funny train’.
We then went to check out the B&B that we were booked into. The place was lovely, but with Nathan doing his ‘going nuts in the afternoon’ routine it was just hard work for me. He was running around, trying to pull tablecloths off the tables set for breakfast and pulling drawers out, etc. So we went out….we took the bike and walked/rode to Echo Point to look at the Three Sisters. A quick car trip after we got back found us in town for dinner, which was a very frustrating and difficult experience with Nathan unable to sit still at all. I just couldn’t relax until we were back at the B&B with both kids asleep. By then I had come to the conclusion that I would never venture to take both kids on an overnight trip again on my own. The next day we walked/rode again to Echo Point, then headed back to Sydney, stopping only at Wentworth Falls on the way to expend some energy at a playground.
Frustrating as it was, we still had a lot of fun and the mountains are always a lovely place to visit.
Govette’s Leap lookout
Nathan having difficulties with his sandwich
On the walk between the Scenic Scender and the Scenic Railway
Scenic Railway
Funny little train
Echo Point
Look! The Three Sisters
Nathan wouldn’t stay away from the electric blanket control
