Blue Mountains in Winter
Wonderful 2 days - Seniors special $224 for room for two with Buffet breakfast.
Fairmont Resort Blue Mountains
I think because of Janene' birthday we each room were delivered a complimentary bottle of Preece which we took down to Embers bar area and drank around the great log fire.
The Valley down and up ticket at
Scenic World Blue Mountains Australia
$19 each no seniors rate. This was either by scenic rail a most exciting ride or the more comfortable cable car. Deliver you down into the valley and you take the boardwalk around the bush. Presentation at mine area is great - they have DVD going. Next down a couple of steps and an infra red detects you and starts the furnace which pushed the air into the mine.
But August it was cold down there so wrap up well - I wore gloves and my thick Extreme Parka
Around Katoomba - every body in very warm winter clothes - several men with long beards
Eating.....
Papadino's Katoomba Pizzeria and Family Restaurant We found it last time we were there and dined there both nights this time.
Guy in above link had a problem but these folk are more enthusiastic
User reviews for Papadino's Katoomba
and we saw plenty of Asian tourists enjoying the food
Papa gives a lot of cheek - a good system they give you the menu and when you decide you go to the window and order and pay ignoring Papa trying to confuse you.
The $6 pizza garlic bread is fantastic and enough for 4 as is the $10.50 garden salad and they brought 4 plates so we could share. It is BYO and no corkage. Papa pulled the cork on our white and then said the red would be $10 for him to open - of course it was a screw top.
Main courses arrive beautifully hot. Crepes with asparagus was wonderful - a lot of creamy sauce. The others all enjoyed theirs. Except we ordered the large $16 and a small $13 would have probably been enough.
Next night we had two $18 eggplant Parmigiana - came with flat bread and salad enough for 4 of us to share. Just could not finish the parmigiana - one order would have been enough. Rob had Spag Marinara and the mussels were great but the prawns were ordinary. Again it was too much. So ordering dishes to share there etc might be good.
Around 48 Katoomba St there are many competitive resaurants - including the Avalon the old cinema - many to choose from and that is only at top end of Street. Just down past the beautiful old Carrington Hotel is the famous Paragon coffee cafe. Had lunch there $10 roasted pumpkin soup with bread - wonderfully thick and warming. And great handmade chocolates as you leave - buy by the piece. Katoomba demands a visit to the
The Paragon Cafe, Katoomba, NSW Profile
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Final day Thursday and the forecast dropped from 8 degrees high to 5 and said Snow showers.
Woke up Bright Sun - breakfast and off to Echo Point to walk around top. Parked got out to pay meter $3.50 for one hour (minimum charge as well) just as I was picking the coins down came a Sleet shower - black clouds. Right back in car and off we go. Lucky as Rob had gone to the other meter and we nearly double paid.
So we took off to come back on Bell Line Rd and got to Blackheath and turned to
Blue Mountains Online - Govetts Leap
turned out Janene and Rob had not been there before and were stunned at the magificent view - the Leap waterfall itself and the whole canyon. It was only found in 1831 and Govett it seems recommended a railway be built but at 15,000 pounds it was considered too costly.
Off to Mount Tomah Botanic Garden
very pretty gardens with plants for growing in the cold. Had a lunch - hot scones and tea $11.50 each and an $19.50 antipasta plate for R&J but costly for what is was.
Then home via new bypass bridge at Windsor.
Just watching news and the weather sure came in at Katoomba - real snow - we left just in time
A great break - maybe hack 4 October for Leura garden festival. Getting to Leura is within 90 minutes
2 comments:
Someone appears to have done a sabotage vengeful post at the Pizza place you went to... I hope your nights there weren't this bad!
"How bad can a pizza place be right? Most pizza places lack any kind of real atmoshphere but the food is good and so we let it go.
Not here! Where do I even begin? Ok... the tables. I moved 3 times and all 3 tables were filthy and no waitress had the initiative to wipe them down or take the previous patrons rubbish away. The wait for 1 pizza, a garlic bread and a couple of cokes was.... wait for it.... 1 hour and 20 mins!! we were on our way back to Sydney and we were hungry so we patiently waited... then the pizza got to our table. If you took Lebanese bread and left it in the grill of your oven at home you would have the same base as this pizza had. Add to that piles of uncooked toppings and burnt cheese on toip and viola! This pizza was so terrible that my girlfriend was sick over it. I did politely ask the owner if he would please cook it for a little more time to at least cook some of the topping but as he told me "We're too busy mate". I do need to mention here that if you go to the toilet in this place, you will pass the back of the kitchen area which, frankly, is good reason for the health dept. to shut it down, dirty plates and empty bottles and so on all over the benches and floor!!!
So what would you expect from a cheap pizza place, right? Well when you pay $43 for 1 pizza, 2 cokes and a garlic bread.... you at least expect an edible meal! This place is definately the worst place I've eaten at and when I got back to Sydney I found that it has gained quite a little reputation for being terrible here! If only negative ratings could be given."
Yes I did try to say the guy in that link had problems and included a URL to some good reviews. I did not have Pizza but the garlic bread was Pizza base and very nice.
All the Pizzas we saw others having looked good. All our meals arrived quickly. They gave time to eat the salad before hand.
Did not use Papadino toilets but Christine said the ones at the Paragon were excellent
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