We’ve visited two famous natural parks in Australia: The Blue Mountains near Sydney, and the Snowy Mountains on the way to Melbourne. First, the beautiful Blue Mountains!
Amazing right? This huuuuuuuuge nature area consists of many canyon and valleys. It smells sweet from all the eucalyptus trees.
We hiked a few trails too!
We then visited the famous rock formation “The Three Sisters”
Can you spot Ward :p
Very peaceful and beautiful, the Blue Mountains, and so close to Sydney! A few days later, we arrived at a second mountain area, this time the “Snowy Mountains! They were snowy alright :)
The reason we came here specifically was to climb Australia’s highest mountain, Kosciuszko, or Kozzy, as the Australians call it :).
Fantastic and beautiful, but when we started our hike in the early morning, there was a bad storm with strong winds and mist on the mountain…
At one point, we wanted to turn around. The hike was still at least an hour or two, and we couldn’t see anything because of the mist. But then, suddenly, an American veteran appeared from the fog. “Every step is a decision” he said, and ventured along. We decided to join him.
Together with Frank, we tackled some scary, snowy routes.
But we did it!!
We stood on top of Australia! No view, but we did it :D Afterwards, we hiked all the way back and when the sun started to come out, we decided to hike a little more and explore the mountains.
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And hiked back down.
The colors were sooo impressive!!
Aaaaall the way down
And finish with a special Kosciuszko pale ale! Merry Christmas!
But wait! There was ANOTHER mountain park we visited! The Grampians National Park. This is where we celebrated New Year. This secluded but amazing area is formed by sandstone. This makes for amazingly shaped canyons and ridges.
We love mountains!!!