Beautiful Katoomba

We headed for Katoomba, down the end of Cliff Drive, $33.70 per night, handy to the clothes line but! In the township very steep (naturally) parked, walked up and down, the shops were very different looking, found a great butcher, prices and quality v good, in Go-low found "the heater" which was to make my life much better.
Drove round to echo point again, had turned away before because the council wanted a $3.80 minimum fee to park at the information centre "noway hose" for these little Taswegians. This time we parked on the disabled spot, (there were several others still available). From this point there were some fabulous photo opportunities, then home for tea, pork schnitzels, with vegies and rice.
Business at Centrelink in the morning, then on to do more touristing, Gordon Falls lookout, Golf Links, Sublime Lookout (which is credibly named), so many wonderful things and sights to see good exercise for us getting down to them and then up, my knees still hurt.
The homes in Katoomba are full of character, have lovely gardens, beautiful trees.
Took more photos in nearby Leura, loved it all, just loved it all.
Interestingly as we drove down out of the mountains the houses became more mainstream, ordinary, were no longer special.
I found a great patchwork, embroidery, cross stitch etc.etc.shop got some DMC thread there and Oh there was lots and lots of projects, gave me the online address, checked it out, could be a good source in future as more and more close up.
We pulled out of there for Yass on Sat. 22/5/2010 - John and Chris were at a nearby friends' wedding, returning about 9p.m.
We spent the next 5 days with their loving hospitality, resting and recuperating from our frenzied touristing, catching up on chores, repairs, rearranging, J added a cylinder under the van to carry fishing poles and such, shopping in Gungahlin for things, more warm clothes for me, and that recommended Turbo Cooker which had been advertised at Aldi stores, but I haven't had a chance to try it out because we are now in Sydney, Mascot to be precise with our son Michael and Tracy.
On 31st May I will be flying to Hobart for 10 days and thus this missive will be quiet for a while unless JR decided to do some posts ?