[Traveler's Journal] - Bushwalking and Hiking - 05/2014 - Australia - Blue Mountains NSW - Scenic World Circuit Katoomba

We did the full Scenic World circuit today which took us about 5 hours and the climax was the super steep Grand Staircase with 900 steps. This was from the bottom to the top of the Three sisters. You can look out at the scenic vista before descending the valley via the 800-plus steel and stone steps originally constructed in 1909. Admire the beauty of the fabulous Three Sisters from the ground up. 

When I have the time, I will sort more pictures and post them and most especially with our Inca Trek and future Bushwalking adventures as we plan to continue on even after the Inca Trek and we seem to be getting more family members to join us. 😁♥♥ 😁

[Traveler's Journal] - Bushwalking and Hiking - 05/2014 - Australia - Sydney NSW - Royal National Park - Mermaid Pools Tahmoor

This is where we spent our Sunday - 18-May-2014 - in Mermaid Pools Tahmoor (near Bargo). This was another 5 hours full circuit. Halfway there we saw this very beautiful Mermaid Falls from the top and it took us about another hour to get to the spot. I think this was the most difficult of all bushwalking we have done so far as there was no consistent track, we climbed big rocks and the grasses were quite high. 

[Traveler's Journal] - Bushwalking and Hiking - 05/2014 - Australia - Sydney NSW - Royal National Park - Honeymooners Track

This weekend we did the Honeymooners Track at Royal National Park which was a 3-hour full circuit walk. There was a flight of steps that we had to go through for about half an hour going down which brought us to the Audley fishing area. To go back up was another half-an-hour but for me going up is more difficult compared to going down so it took me longer. Another ten minutes added to the half-an-hour estimate.

We had a rest after the climb before proceeding back for another hour's walk to where we started. The view on this trail was picture perfect and this time there were just 4 of us as other members of the family could not make it.

Stone Crafting

Was feeling bored last night when I decided it was time to use the stones I had in the garage which has been lying idle for years now. This time and happiness #12 although not fully finished yet as I want to put moveable eyes, here are the stones I painted last night. Through these stones, the "Libatok family" is born and expect to see more of them in the very near future.

And tonight I transferred  an image of flowers onto this rock through decoupaged, sealed it for protection and called it "Mum's rock" for Happiness #13.

To see larger images of the Libatok family, please click here.

[Traveler's Journal] - Bushwalking and Hiking - 04/2014 - Australia - Sydney NSW - Bondi to Coogee Walk

We prefer to do our walking practices on Saturdays in order to have a full rest on Sundays and make it to work on Mondays. I think everyone knows about the Bondi to Coogee walk. This Saturday we were fortunate to start early. There were less people doing the walk and we were able to get a free parking still at Bronte.

This is what I enjoy most with our bushwalking runs in preparation for our Peru trip. I get to see some awesome sceneries which would have been impossible for me to see and experience.

[Traveler's Journal] - Bushwalking and Hiking - 04/2014 - Australia - Sydney NSW - Royal National Park - Uloola Falls

We also did the Uloola Falls trail on the 4th of April,2014 but cant seem to find any picture but this. It seems to be mixed up with the Karloo track since if you do the whole circuit where you start from the Uloola Falls trail you can proceed to do the Karloo track. It took us another 5 hours from where we started at Loftus and ended up in Engadine.

This is the big ledge on the Karloo track and where the kids were resting for the second time. First was when we did the Karloo track and this is the second time when we just did the Uloola Falls.