Blue Mountains Getaway

My sister Lisa visited last week, and we planned a sort of last-minute weekend trip to the Blue Mountains. My husband was kind enough to let us leave him with the baby (my first time leaving her overnight!). We needed something that we could drive to from Sydney, and the Blue Mountains were perfect. It took about 2 hours with little traffic and once we got there we stayed at Lilianfels. We had read mixed reviews on Trip Advisor, so we were pleasantly surprised at how incredible the service and rooms were. It had "old world charm" as my sister would describe it. We had a nice dinner the first night at the sister property Echoes next door and had a wonderful 3 course meal while we watched the sunset over the mountains - such stunning views. From the restaurant, we could see Scenic World, which we visited the following morning. After that, we had a 4WD safari to see kangaroos. It was really cool to see them in the wild hopping around. We did the Blue Mountains Guides tour. It was from 5:30-11pm so we saw the roos as the sun was setting. Then our guide Craig fired up the BBQ and made a great meal. While we were eating though I was bitten by a small leach, and as I was freaking out about it we saw A HUGE FUNNEL WEB SPIDER. This is the most dangerous and deadly spider in Australia. OMG. I will have to load photos soon. It was super scary but we got away unharmed. I highly recommend the Blue Mountains. Oh and we shopped one day in Leura and it is such a cute little town. Another must if you have the time.

Sky Car At Scenic World

Birds at Scenic World

View from Echoes Restaurant

Funnel Web! Eww!