The Blue Mountains

Woensdag 21november2012

Vandaag rijden we de Blue Mountains binnen. De naam is afkomstig van de olie die de eucalyptusbomen afgeven en zo een blauwe mist verspreiden over het gebied. De bergen liggen 65km van Sydney en hebben een oppervlakte zo groot als België. Het is een zandsteenformatie die doorkruist wordt dor diep geërodeerde valleien.

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Over Brisbane and Gold Coast to the Blue Mountains

We leave Kin Kin and continue our trip to Noosa Head, a beach village with an entire surf climate along its pristine beaches. Along the road we pass a self car wash. After three months Janis can use a bath, but all the sea water we caught on Fraser makes a good cleaning necessary. We enjoy the high pressure cleaning and give her a huge shower. We finally know once again which colour our car initially had. But we visit Noosa for the small national park in the city, the spot is known to see some koala’s in the wild… And yes we’re once again lucky! At the start of the trip there rest one in a tree near the coffee shop, a cute grey bear on a tree branch.

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