24 March 2008

Blue Mountains... Take One (Jenolan Caves)

I know it's been a while since I last updated the site, so I figured I would go back to Easter Weekend and post some of our adventures! We had an amazing Long Easter Weekend where we stayed in Wentworth Falls (part of the Blue Mountains). We spent one day abseiling (repelling) down waterfalls and off of 30m cliffs and went canyoning and hiking. Keep your eyes peeled for a new posting of that adventure.

We also spent one day at the Jenlon Caves which are these HUGE, amazing caves that date back to the 1800's. They are the oldest discovered open caves in the world. We took a tour with about 40 people and walked through the caves and gave us some history on the different parts of the caves. There was one area of the caves where they actually hold some small concerts. The music must have sounded amazing.

Rather than listening to beautiful music bouncing off the chamber walls, we had the fortune of listening to children screaming and crying. There were a group of about 14 Americans (with their children) who had a little trouble actually controlling the kids!

Other than the screaming kids, the caves were absolutely spectacular. Hope you can get a little idea of what they were like from these pics!


Here is another link to our friends pics from the Blue Mountains. Click here

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