2010.03.19
"Long ago, A clever old man called Tyawan lived in the mountains. He had three daughters - Meenhi, Wimlah and Gunnedoo - and a magic shinbone that changed him into a lyrebird when he wished. When he went hunting, he would tell his daughters to stay on the clifftop, safe from Bunyip, who lived deep in the valley.
One day Meenhi knocked a rock over the cliff - it crashed into the valley, waking Bunyip, who charged up the cliff towards the terrified girls. Tyawan could not reach them in time and so he changed them into rocks.
The Bunyip chased Tyawan, who changed his shape many times before changing to a lyrebird. But he dropped his magic shinbone when his arms changed into wings. Ever since, lyrebird has scratched in the leaves, looking for the shinbone to change the girls into human form."
飛前查過來到悉尼天氣很好, 所以有打算去 sightseeing....
腦海中, 有兩個地方想去...
inflight 時, 聽到有同事說想去 blue mountain, 還說去join tour...
我說: join tour, 貴很多, 自己去, 慳返一半....
雖然我已經去過一次, 但我還記得上次天氣實在太差....連"三姊妹"都見不到....
於是我就與畏高妹去了blue mountain....(本來還有兩位同事一齊去, 但有一位因為臨時身體不適去不到, 另一位被fish market 吸走了)
畏高妹說她畏高....但我事前完全不知道她畏高的情況去到哪裡....
以我的經驗, 在blue mountain 上遊覽three sisters (三姊妹)既scenic skyway, scenic railway, 同埋 scenic cableway 都是十分安全的.....(當中 skway 與cableway 是吊車)
就算有事, 我只會覺得是天意.....
我們7 點半由酒店出發, 坐lightrail 到central station, 再用 $ 16.8 買了張round trip train ticket 前往Katoomba....
大慨坐了兩小時火車, 就到達 Katoomba...
出了車站, 到了Grey line 買Explorer Bus 的ticket, 如果不想行太多路, 可以選擇skyway, railway 及 scenic cableway 3種上山落山的工具, 價錢 $58....(想不到沒來一年多少少, 已經加了 $6)
(後來回程時, 我們發覺Grey Line 隔離的 trolley tour 既ticker 更平, 只是$44, 不過班次比較疏....)
首先我地坐Explorer Bus 去到Stop 10, 有人選擇行路到Stop 12 (大慨走20 分鐘), 而我地就選擇坐 skyway....到 Stop 12....
其實skyway一點都不可怕....但在我身邊的畏高妹開始不斷傻笑, 然後問我: 地板係唔係透明?
我答: 係....
畏高妹問: 你點解唔一早同我講?!
然後我解說只是中間有條通道的地板是透明的...她到時不去望就可以了....