Anyway, today has been the nicest day in a long time. so I had decided to go to Blue Mountain. Now I have been trying to go for the longest time. And since I could not help or change my unfortunate situation with my job. Which I am slightly hating less and less by the way. I have decided to quit complaining when I can't work and go on day adventures. Because I'm tired of bitching about the same fucking thing over and over. And in reality, it is a blessing in disguise. This gives me the best opportunity to see Australia on a budget. If I get up early enough, I can make a whole day out of it. Even if I have to travel over 2 hours to go see some good shit. Or mediocre shit. Or just to get out of the city in general.
Which is what I did today. Now by public transportation, Blue Mountains is about 2 hours and 50min. At least coming from where I live. The train from the city to the Blue Mountain area alone is about 2 hours. Fine. I like trains. The views going into the country are absolutely beautiful. So this morning, I got up at 8am. Bright eyed and bushy tailed. All giddy to finally get out of the damn city. And hopefully see a kangaroo. LOL. I leave the house to walk to the train station at a little past 9:30 this morning. Had my music blasting. Just enjoying every moment about my start of the day. Get to the train station, realized I was at the wrong one. Like an idiot. So I leave that train station and start walking to the actual station I needed to be at. Then, just my luck, the free shuttle comes. Drops me off a couple feet away from where I needed to go. Cool. Back on track and looking gravy.
Get to the correct station, forgot which platform I was suppose to go to. I go ask for help. The attendant was extremely helpful and told me I just missed the train out and will have to wait an hour. No big deal. Can't help that I missed it. Plus, I had plenty of things to occupy my time with. Awesome. Finally get on the train. All nice and cozy and shit watching the beautiful scenery. An hour into the train ride ride, there is an announcement from the conductor saying the train was terminating. Something about the tracks were broken. So everyone gets off and walks over to the shuttle buses. Which everyone did not fit on, but we already knew that was going to happen. Those of us who were unable to get on the first 10 buses had to wait. We ended up waiting for about 30 min.
The bus ride was 45 min to one stop of the Blue Mountain National Park. We get there and everyone is asking so many different questions about how to get to the same place. Now I had my GPS on the entire time, which I later found was a huge mistake. But I got super confused and decide to listen to my GPS. So I had to get back on the train that was apparently fixed after we got on the shuttle bus. Another 20 min. Get to my final stop and my phone dies. At this point, it is around 2:30 pm or so. I was so frustrated that I could not seem to figure out how the fuck to get to the National park. UGH. So I stop at this restaurant to charge my phone and get lunch. Luckily they had free wifi. Look up the directions and realized I still had to walk 30 min to the actual park.
I got to the park a little before 4 pm. Got some info and headed on my way. I must say. The whole journey to get there was soooooo worth it. It was absolutely beautiful.They had a 30 min easy walk one way. Which I naturally did. Then I realized it was just a walkway to the actual hiking part. They had medium to hard. I tried my hand at one of the medium range ones when I saw the baby waterfall. Oh lord Jesus. I lasted 20 min. That particular trail was no joke. LOL. Next time I go back, I plan on being prepared. Last time I hiked like that was when I was in Liverpool. LOL. But all in all, it was a really great day. Saw some beautiful scenery, got some exercise, and got out the city. I also got some pretty nice photos. And no. I still haven't seen a damn kangaroo.
Here are some BM photos:
Da Baby waterfall!!!!
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