Australia Nov 21, 2012

We spent the day in Katoomba again today doing the hop on and hop off bus.  Five of us walked into town to have breakfast and wait for the bus at the first stop.  We had breakfast at Café Zuppa.  The remainder of the group rode into town later and we all paired up according to our interest Bob and I decided to take a walk along the ridge and we got some photos of the rock formations and walls of the Blue Mountains.  It was nice to get out in the open and smell the Eucalyptus trees.  We also walked down some steps to get to the first sister of the three sisters rock formation.  The day was a miserable looking day with rain and fog when we started out but soon it cleared and then clouded over again.  Just like in Michigan I guess.  Once we completed our hike we joined part of our group at the cultural center and watched some aboriginal music and dance and did some browsing at the local art.  Then we all caught the bus and went to have Tea at the local tea shop in Leura.  I enjoyed the shop because it was loaded with tea pots and tea paraphernalia.  After Tea we all went to a Cascades and did a hike down along the falls.  The only problem occurred when one of our group slipped and slid down the falls while taking a photo.  He was fortunate to keep his camera dry and only come away with minor scrapes.  Dinner was a Papa Dinos.  The owner was quite entertaining and enjoyed small pranks on his cutomers.