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Hey Tonia - not far from the Blue Mountains is Jenolan Caves which is a massive cavern system worth seeing as well ! you would need a full week to see everything ❤
I live at the top of the blue mountains in a small village called Mt Victoria. It is the highest point at over 1000m or 3333ft. It snows here every year. A 5 min drive down from here is Blackheath where govetts leap and the Grand Canyon are. Another 5 to 10 mins down is Medlow Bath where they got food. About 10-15 mins down is Katoomba with the three sisters lookout. A couple of mins further down is Leura then another 5-10 to Wentworth falls. This is most of the “Upper Mountains” area. They are along one road. There are so many lookouts throughout this area.
I grew up in the blue mountains, a town called Springwood the second most populated town after Katoomba.We were in easy walking distance to the town and railway station, it would take ninety minutes to get from Springwood to Sydney central station. We had the gully behind us great views, not so great when we had wildfires around.😊
@@JohnLee-pt5jz Yes I can only imagine how terrifying and awful it would be to be that close to wildfires. We get smoke down here from Canada that’s bad enough let alone being in the midst of it. 💜
Great place to grew up, I still live in springwood. Spent most of my childhood down the bush with friends. We didn't had mobile phones , but we always seemed to make it home before the lights came on. Good times.
Leura is 5 mins drive from Katoomba and the 3 sisters Wentworth Falls is back towards Sydney about 15 mins , Eucalyptus from the trees gives it that Blue hue , The clouds roll in underneath you . Visitors can use the train from Sydney to see a fair bit but the hidden places you need a car and some places a 4WD . It took until 1813 when Lawson Blaxland and Wentworth made it across the mountains to find fine grazing land and off course GOLD . Many an escaped Convict would disappear trying to get away from Sydney town . The Mountains are part of the Great Dividing Range that stretches from the North to The South and runs Parallel with the East coast for 2,175 Miles . Not far from this spot they found the Dinosaur trees the Wollemi Pine only seen in 175 million-year-old fossils . Its now exported world wide for peoples gardens . The 3 sisters walk might be 45 mins but the stairs down and up are the killer its almost a vertical drop , we used to be allowed inside the first of the 3 sisters but they blocked the fence you look over the edge and its a long way down.
That coffee is a cappuccino which is what you would probably call a white coffee or an expresso coffee with frothed milk, and a light dusting of chocolate or cocoa powder on top. If you just ask for a coffee in most Australian cafes without being more specific they would probably prepare a cappuccino for you. The Blue Mountains have a definite bluish hue, mainly because the Eucalyptus forests produce a gas or a gaseous compound or vapour that when in high enough concentrations filters the sunlight to produce a slightly bluish haze. Also when viewing distant scenery it tends to appear more bluish because of the way that light is apparently filtered by the Earth's atmosphere, and in mountainous regions one can often see further than on flat ground. To give you some idea of how rugged that country can be the Blue Mountains are just to the West of Sydney and not far to travel to but Sydney or Port Jackson was established with the First Fleet in 1788 and the Blue Mountains were considered impassable by the authorities and settlers until an expedition in 1813 finally found a way through, about 25 years later, because all previous expeditions had failed to find a way to cross the rugged mountain ranges. With Sydney being a convict settlement this meant that whenever any convicts escaped custody the authorities never really bothered to search for them very far West of the settlement of Sydney. The native Aborigines probably knew of ways through the area, and maybe some escaped convicts did get through that way but none officially ever returned to be put back in irons and tell of their journey across the Blue Mountains. The Blue Mountains are not particularly tall, at least by American standards. You would probably only class them as hills but there are particularly rugged and steep in places with dense forest cover and numerous blind ravines
Hi Tonia, glad you ask questions, because often the narrator assumes you the viewer know the context. One thing ommited is the smell of eucalyptus in the air from the gum tree forests. Also, in Australia, if there is a smoke haze, it means something is on fire. And in the Blue Mountains that's not a good thing.
True, when you are from the area there’s certain things you just know but when you aren’t you kinda have questions lol. I like that in this video everything was pretty close so you can go to multiple cool areas in a day. I bet eucalyptus smell is really nice!
The white fluffy stuff is mist/cloud. There is a blue haze (that's where the name Blue Mountains come from). This is caused by the high level of eucalyptus oil in the air, from all the eucalypts in the forest. As this oil is highly flammable, this is part of the reason that Australian Bush fires are as severe as they are.
You can also see Kanangra Boyd National Park and see Kanangra Walls . There is also the Jenolan Caves .I did the Grand Canyon loop and it took 2 h and 15 min to complete.
I visited Blue Mountains / Katoomba just over two months ago whilst on a road trip to Sydney. Beautiful, stunning place. Def competitive to the Grand Canyon. The Three Sisters lookout is 20 minute walk or 5 min drive from the town centre; only thing I was unhappy with was paying $58 for carparking around the town for the day. Jenolan Caves are nearby I went there when I was 9 years old but haven't been back since. If you have heard of a movie called 'Sirens', made in the early 90's, this was filmed in the Blue Mountains too.
I am on the opposite side of the country on the west coast, but I must admit, some of the scenery on Sydney's eastern, northern and southern outskirts are really very beautiful.
Why theyre called the Blue Mountains: The tinge is believed to be caused by Mie scattering which occurs when incoming light with shorter wavelengths is preferentially scattered by particles within the atmosphere imparting a blue-greyish colour to any distant objects, including mountains and clouds. Volatile terpenoids emitted in large quantities by the abundant eucalyptus trees in the Blue Mountains may cause Mie scattering and thus the blue haze for which the mountains were named.
Oh I definitely won’t forget New Zealand! New Zealand and Australia are both at the top of my list for places to visit. I’ve never cared about visiting Europe or the UK or places like that where people visit a lot. But I’ve always been fascinated with NZ and Australia. Lol
Where are you talking about? because if it’s where I live which just down the roads from Capertee Valley which is the Second Largest Canyon in the world well it’s actually wider the the American Grand Canyon by a mile.. ! 🧐🤷♀️🇦🇺
I grew up in the blue mountains, did alot of exploring, loved it there. This video didn't showcase much of the waterfalls, Wentworth falls is spectacular and has two big drops hundreds of feet high. There are the Jenolan caves an hour from Katoomba which are massive, and not far from there is the Capertee Valley which has the widest canyon in the world.
We would love to welcome you and your family to Australia. If you should ever fly into Sydney you will be close to Katoomba and the Blue Mountains plus the world's steepest railway and several other ways to view the depths of the valleys. And if you do come please don't forget to visit Canberra, Australia's capital and home to our best falleries and museums. I love your cats!
This is around my patch of the world. What you were seeing were clouds. However large fires are frequent in the area during Summer. Wentworth Falls to Leura is about a 5 minute drive. Leura to Medlow Bath about 15mins. I've walked down the 900 odd steps to the bottom of the Three Sisters a few times, then caught the Scenic Railway back up. There are some small caves and caverns around this touristy area of the Blue Mountains, however the Jenloan Caves are the large limestone cave attraction, which is about another 90 minute drive from Katoomba.
You won't find a major fast food restaurants in the Blue Mountains as all the towns don't want them ruining their business and making their towns commercialised. Also look at Jenolan caves west from Katoomba and are the largest cave system in the world.
@@ToniaElkins South Australia Capital city Adelaide is kinda one of those places that get over looked...but the Flinders rangers in South Australia is arguably one of the most beautiful places in Australia.
Going to assume that's a typo. it's 3,500 km long and covers 2.5 million km2 (2,200 miles, 950,000 square miles). The Blue Mountains are part of the Great Divide.
Bah lol i couldnt type fast enough to catch the chat .... i was going to say its funny the things that catch your eye depending on where you are from and are at .I am an Aussie and when i was in Southern Indiana the first thing that had me standing mouth agape was the Ohio river we were in Jeffersonville and the river is a mile wide !!! and flowing at a million miles an hour lol .The rest of the countryside was really nice ect but the thing that blew my mind was when we were having a BBQ at my bonus Daughters place it was just going on dusk and i said to my wife whats that strange blinking light she said oh probably a plane .. i was like no its this side of the tree ! she says oh its probably only a lightning bug .I was like wtf ?? lightning bug ?? she says yeah you know firefly ! i was blown away because it was something that had never entered my mind while visiting there .and of course after that i saw them everywhere .
The Blue Mountains are ok but too touristy for me, I prefer The Grampians in Victoria and the more deserted places as in mountainous or flat semi-arid country, away from all the yuppie 😏 tourists and their street cafe's.
🙌 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! 🙌
Welcome back 💩 Let’s check out these gorgeous blue mountains I’ve been hearing all about! Also don’t forget memberships are turned on and it’s only $4.99 a month They can be gifted to others in the chat as well. 💗 Thank you to everyone joining and supporting me.
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You should really check out Kakadu 😊
Hey Tonia - not far from the Blue Mountains is Jenolan Caves which is a massive cavern system worth seeing as well ! you would need a full week to see everything ❤
Jenolan Caves will mess with your head...(in a good way)
we drove around the blue mountains for half a day and saw most of things in this video and more once you get there it's all kinda close together
It actually snowed in Katoomba and Blackheath last Wednesday ❤
I live at the top of the blue mountains in a small village called Mt Victoria. It is the highest point at over 1000m or 3333ft. It snows here every year.
A 5 min drive down from here is Blackheath where govetts leap and the Grand Canyon are. Another 5 to 10 mins down is Medlow Bath where they got food. About 10-15 mins down is Katoomba with the three sisters lookout. A couple of mins further down is Leura then another 5-10 to Wentworth falls.
This is most of the “Upper Mountains” area. They are along one road.
There are so many lookouts throughout this area.
I grew up in the blue mountains, a town called Springwood the second most populated town after Katoomba.We were in easy walking distance to the town and railway station, it would take ninety minutes to get from Springwood to Sydney central station. We had the gully behind us great views, not so great when we had wildfires around.😊
@@JohnLee-pt5jz Yes I can only imagine how terrifying and awful it would be to be that close to wildfires. We get smoke down here from Canada that’s bad enough let alone being in the midst of it. 💜
Great place to grew up, I still live in springwood. Spent most of my childhood down the bush with friends. We didn't had mobile phones , but we always seemed to make it home before the lights came on. Good times.
Leura is 5 mins drive from Katoomba and the 3 sisters Wentworth Falls is back towards Sydney about 15 mins , Eucalyptus from the trees gives it that Blue hue , The clouds roll in underneath you . Visitors can use the train from Sydney to see a fair bit but the hidden places you need a car and some places a 4WD . It took until 1813 when Lawson Blaxland and Wentworth made it across the mountains to find fine grazing land and off course GOLD . Many an escaped Convict would disappear trying to get away from Sydney town . The Mountains are part of the Great Dividing Range that stretches from the North to The South and runs Parallel with the East coast for 2,175 Miles . Not far from this spot they found the Dinosaur trees the Wollemi Pine only seen in 175 million-year-old fossils . Its now exported world wide for peoples gardens . The 3 sisters walk might be 45 mins but the stairs down and up are the killer its almost a vertical drop , we used to be allowed inside the first of the 3 sisters but they blocked the fence you look over the edge and its a long way down.
That coffee is a cappuccino which is what you would probably call a white coffee or an expresso coffee with frothed milk, and a light dusting of chocolate or cocoa powder on top. If you just ask for a coffee in most Australian cafes without being more specific they would probably prepare a cappuccino for you.
The Blue Mountains have a definite bluish hue, mainly because the Eucalyptus forests produce a gas or a gaseous compound or vapour that when in high enough concentrations filters the sunlight to produce a slightly bluish haze. Also when viewing distant scenery it tends to appear more bluish because of the way that light is apparently filtered by the Earth's atmosphere, and in mountainous regions one can often see further than on flat ground.
To give you some idea of how rugged that country can be the Blue Mountains are just to the West of Sydney and not far to travel to but Sydney or Port Jackson was established with the First Fleet in 1788 and the Blue Mountains were considered impassable by the authorities and settlers until an expedition in 1813 finally found a way through, about 25 years later, because all previous expeditions had failed to find a way to cross the rugged mountain ranges. With Sydney being a convict settlement this meant that whenever any convicts escaped custody the authorities never really bothered to search for them very far West of the settlement of Sydney. The native Aborigines probably knew of ways through the area, and maybe some escaped convicts did get through that way but none officially ever returned to be put back in irons and tell of their journey across the Blue Mountains. The Blue Mountains are not particularly tall, at least by American standards. You would probably only class them as hills but there are particularly rugged and steep in places with dense forest cover and numerous blind ravines
Hi Tonia, glad you ask questions, because often the narrator assumes you the viewer know the context. One thing ommited is the smell of eucalyptus in the air from the gum tree forests. Also, in Australia, if there is a smoke haze, it means something is on fire. And in the Blue Mountains that's not a good thing.
True, when you are from the area there’s certain things you just know but when you aren’t you kinda have questions lol. I like that in this video everything was pretty close so you can go to multiple cool areas in a day. I bet eucalyptus smell is really nice!
The white fluffy stuff is mist/cloud. There is a blue haze (that's where the name Blue Mountains come from). This is caused by the high level of eucalyptus oil in the air, from all the eucalypts in the forest. As this oil is highly flammable, this is part of the reason that Australian Bush fires are as severe as they are.
You can also see Kanangra Boyd National Park and see Kanangra Walls . There is also the Jenolan Caves .I did the Grand Canyon loop and it took 2 h and 15 min to complete.
There's also a cable car which goes across the valley and also a railway which goes down at about 70° down angle it's called the scenic railway 🚃
@@stephenallen4374 I love those cable cars. I’ve ridden on them in Tennessee 😊
I visited Blue Mountains / Katoomba just over two months ago whilst on a road trip to Sydney. Beautiful, stunning place. Def competitive to the Grand Canyon. The Three Sisters lookout is 20 minute walk or 5 min drive from the town centre; only thing I was unhappy with was paying $58 for carparking around the town for the day. Jenolan Caves are nearby I went there when I was 9 years old but haven't been back since. If you have heard of a movie called 'Sirens', made in the early 90's, this was filmed in the Blue Mountains too.
I am on the opposite side of the country on the west coast, but I must admit, some of the scenery on Sydney's eastern, northern and southern outskirts are really very beautiful.
Why theyre called the Blue Mountains: The tinge is believed to be caused by Mie scattering which occurs when incoming light with shorter wavelengths is preferentially scattered by particles within the atmosphere imparting a blue-greyish colour to any distant objects, including mountains and clouds. Volatile terpenoids emitted in large quantities by the abundant eucalyptus trees in the Blue Mountains may cause Mie scattering and thus the blue haze for which the mountains were named.
I laughed at Cody interrupting right on cue! I have to admit, Australia has some epic scenery. Please don't forget NZ while doing these!
Oh I definitely won’t forget New Zealand! New Zealand and Australia are both at the top of my list for places to visit. I’ve never cared about visiting Europe or the UK or places like that where people visit a lot. But I’ve always been fascinated with NZ and Australia. Lol
That is usually powdered chocolate on top of a Capuchino.
Yum!
that forest is so dense that if you get lost there you will not be found. in fact a small plane crashed there some years back and was never found.
@@paulrichardson5892 wow!
Much love to Twistie.😊❤
@@GaryNoone-jz3mq ❤️
we do have a grand canyon. a 250m year old canyon that probably ten times bigger than your grand canoy
Where are you talking about? because if it’s where I live which just down the roads from Capertee Valley which is the Second Largest Canyon in the world well it’s actually wider the the American Grand Canyon by a mile.. ! 🧐🤷♀️🇦🇺
I’ve never even been to the Grand Canyon here before lol. I know people who have tho.
That's chocolate powder on top of a capacinno coffee ☕️
The mist is blue from the eucalyptus trees and water vapour
@@markflint2629 The coffee looks delicious!!
I grew up in the blue mountains, did alot of exploring, loved it there. This video didn't showcase much of the waterfalls, Wentworth falls is spectacular and has two big drops hundreds of feet high. There are the Jenolan caves an hour from Katoomba which are massive, and not far from there is the Capertee Valley which has the widest canyon in the world.
Oh wow! Yes I’m excited to watch more videos on the blue mountains for sure 😁
They put chocolate powder on top of that coffee no cinnamon there 😂😂
Yum that’s sounds good! I think I’ll love the Australian coffee lol
We would love to welcome you and your family to Australia. If you should ever fly into Sydney you will be close to Katoomba and the Blue Mountains plus the world's steepest railway and several other ways to view the depths of the valleys. And if you do come please don't forget to visit Canberra, Australia's capital and home to our best falleries and museums. I love your cats!
@@user-mu5rs9gq6l I would love to see Canberra! 💜
There’s so much to see in Canberra and it’s one of the cheapest cities to visit. All the museums and galleries are free.
Darling you want to visit every inch of Australia if you visited every beach in Australia every day it would take 30 years to do
This is around my patch of the world. What you were seeing were clouds. However large fires are frequent in the area during Summer. Wentworth Falls to Leura is about a 5 minute drive. Leura to Medlow Bath about 15mins. I've walked down the 900 odd steps to the bottom of the Three Sisters a few times, then caught the Scenic Railway back up. There are some small caves and caverns around this touristy area of the Blue Mountains, however the Jenloan Caves are the large limestone cave attraction, which is about another 90 minute drive from Katoomba.
Been years since i've been there, miss i bad; My mum went to school there, Born in Sydney.
6 Kilometres is just under 4 Miles
I could not have chose a better UA-cam reaction video to do well done Tonia ❤
Aww thanks man! Yeah I was happy with it cuz it gave a nice basic introductory overview and I’m excited to watch more and learn more 🥰
Pritty shore it takes 30 years to visit every beach in Australia. To go to every inch would probaly take a billion years.😂
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It’s all walking distance as long as you’re used to walking a few miles easily.
Thanks Tonia - more cats please!
YT said 3 ppl waiting, clicked on it, episode over 23mins ago... well done YT.
@@R0d_1984 😔💩
@@ToniaElkins Still watched of course ;D
@@R0d_1984 Thank you 🥰
You won't find a major fast food restaurants in the Blue Mountains as all the towns don't want them ruining their business and making their towns commercialised.
Also look at Jenolan caves west from Katoomba and are the largest cave system in the world.
There is a McDonalds in Blaxland which is in the Lower Mtns
Check out the Flinders Rangers in South Australia.
@@damienlewandowski2853 ok awesome thanks! 💩
@@ToniaElkins South Australia Capital city Adelaide is kinda one of those places that get over looked...but the Flinders rangers in South Australia is arguably one of the most beautiful places in Australia.
🚙 Flinders Ranges Road Trip ~ Discover South Australia / Wander Explore Discover
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@@ToniaElkins added a youtube clip of it...not too long.
The Flinders is unmistakably Australian.
Iconic.
Ancient.
A joy to visit.
A finger pointing to the heart of the country.
Tonia it takes years to see this incredible country
Oh for sure!! Lol. I hope one day I can at least see a little of Australia. ❤️
Fog is low cloud.
the great dividing range is 260 kILOMETRE long mountain range.,,,,, one of the longest mountain range IN THE WORLD
Going to assume that's a typo. it's 3,500 km long and covers 2.5 million km2 (2,200 miles, 950,000 square miles). The Blue Mountains are part of the Great Divide.
Oh man, i missed the live stream. I was at the spirit halloween store.
@@joyannwesson Lol that’s ok! I know y’all love walking around there. I do too! I don’t think ours opened yet tho.
Bah lol i couldnt type fast enough to catch the chat .... i was going to say its funny the things that catch your eye depending on where you are from and are at .I am an Aussie and when i was in Southern Indiana the first thing that had me standing mouth agape was the Ohio river we were in Jeffersonville and the river is a mile wide !!! and flowing at a million miles an hour lol .The rest of the countryside was really nice ect but the thing that blew my mind was when we were having a BBQ at my bonus Daughters place it was just going on dusk and i said to my wife whats that strange blinking light she said oh probably a plane .. i was like no its this side of the tree ! she says oh its probably only a lightning bug .I was like wtf ?? lightning bug ?? she says yeah you know firefly ! i was blown away because it was something that had never entered my mind while visiting there .and of course after that i saw them everywhere .
@@arfyseal Yessss lightening bugs are a summer tradition going out and watching them and catching them growing up. I loved it!
Its bigger than grand canyon usa
You can visit every square inch, if you want. But, be prepared to spend the rest of your life here, in order to do it.
@@GaryNoone-jz3mq Haha right!
10km is about 6 miles. a metre is about a yard.
The Blue Mountains are ok but too touristy for me, I prefer The Grampians in Victoria and the more deserted places as in mountainous or flat semi-arid country, away from all the yuppie 😏 tourists and their street cafe's.