Blue Mountains

Snuggled 100 km from Sydney, the Blue Mountains are visited by over three million people annually, and it isn't hard to see why. The valleys are bookended by habitats differing from eucalyptus woods to temperate rainforest, with the aforementioned mountains rearing up in the background. The views are amazing.
I visited a spot frequented by wild kangaroos, saw holes dug into the ground by funnel web spiders and took a trip on the world's steepest railway in Katoomba. Walking around Wentworth Falls, a spindly waterfall hundreds of metres high, was invigorating to say the least. The stairs down were so steep at some points that everyone in the group complained of leg shaking. The owners of the train have a captive market as most people would gladly pay the steep (excuse the pun) $10 ride to the top rather than walk for 40 minutes. The lift up lasted just 1.5 minutes, but despite being expensive was a fun journey. And it's not every day that you go on a train with an incline of 52 degrees. Wild kangaroos

The view from the top

Wentworth Falls