Escape to the Blue Mountains

Saturday was insane, it was more than 40 degrees and I was trudging from door to door, burning my poor skin like a shrimp on the barbie and expecting any second to see a mirage of some water fountain. At one point I felt so dehydrated I could barely speak let alone explain the benefits of Foxtel IQ. However, I made a sale in the end, capping off an amazing week so who knows, I might not be bankrupt by July after all.
After work I caught a train to Katoomba in the slightly cooler Blue Mountains so called because the gum trees and some other vegetations sometimes cause this blue mist to rise up around them... apparently.
They are beautiful though, lots of little, largely undeveloped towns. In Katoomba itself are the Three Sisters, three flat-topped mountains lined up side by side, which the Aboriginies believed were three sisters who were turned to stone. I think they were probably having a laugh at the expense of the newbies, but the name stuck all the same.
Yesterday, I went to the Jenolan Caves, which was an expensive trip (30 quid is expensive on my budget) but well worth it. The guide was really interesting - the big difference between these caves and ones I saw in Halong Bay, Vietnam - and the limestone caves themselves, spectacular.
I have another week and a half of work and then it's up to Queensland. It's a shame I have to work as I would like to have seen more of Oz, really can't believe I'm going to miss the Great Barrier Reef, but can't do everything. Another time... I will upload photos for this blog soon.