The sun was out for most of today but the icy winds made it very uncomfortable up on the escarpments of the mountains. I think that the rock formations created an up-draft so that anyone standing on one of the multitude of lookouts would really have a problem holding themselves and their cameras steady! Feeling a little guilty that we had not taken our Motel owners suggestion to go to Wentworth Falls lake to see the sunset we decided we had better check the place out to see what we had missed.
The lake is a place that has plenty of children's swings, a boat ramp and lots of funny sculptures to add a bit of interest - the one that is in near Colin looks a bit like a whale poking up out of the sea! The water was alive with water birds, three large geese took an active dislike to me and came out with necks outstretched and making hissing noises. They were most annoyed that I would not run away!
It was much too cold to stay beside the lake for long so we moved off to see some of the more well known sights and to take a few photos. For the day I managed to take around 125 photos with the Nikon and when I came to look at them on the computer I found that only one of them was not worth keeping. Pretty good percentage of "keepers"!
Whenever we saw a brown tourist road sign we followed it. We really enjoyed the "Tourist Route 5" that took us all around Leura and down roads where there was a viewpoint almost every few hundred metres.
We spent a wonderful half hour at the Leura Cascades where this peaceful shot was taken.The camera is full of mountainous scenery including lots of the very famous "Three Sisters" More from the Blue Mountains tomorrow
AJ
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