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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Tour Plan for Blue Mountains (Public Transportation)

Echo Point: 33°43′54.27″S 150°18′46.36″E
Scenic World: 33°43′43.54″S 150°18′01.38″E

train: Allawah --> Central --> Katoomba Station


Option 1 : 2 hours 55 minutes
Take the Eastern Suburbs And Illawarra Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 8:26am Allawah Station Platform 3
Arr: 8:51am Central Station Platform 24

Take the Blue Mountains Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 9:18am Central Station Platform 7
Arr: 11:21am Katoomba Station Platform 2

Option 2 : 2 hours 55 minutes
Take the Eastern Suburbs And Illawarra Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 9:26am Allawah Station Platform 3
Arr: 9:51am Central Station Platform 24

Take the Blue Mountains Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 10:18am Central Station Platform 7
Arr: 12:21pm Katoomba Station Platform 2

bus (686) : Katoomba Station --> Scenic World

Option 1 : 17 minutes
Walk to bus stop Fire Station Parke St Near Bathurst Rd - 88 metres

Take the 686 bus (Blue Mountains Bus Company)
Dep: 11:26am Fire Station Parke St Near Bathurst Rd
Arr: 11:40am Scenic World

Walk to Scenic Railway Katoomba - 120 metres

Option 2 : 20 minutes
Walk to bus stop Fire Station Parke St Near Bathurst Rd - 88 metres

Take the 686 bus (Blue Mountains Bus Company)
Dep: 11:58am Fire Station Parke St Near Bathurst Rd
Arr: 12:15pm Scenic World

Walk to Scenic Railway Katoomba - 120 metres

Option 3 : 17 minutes
Walk to bus stop Fire Station Parke St Near Bathurst Rd - 88 metres

Take the 686 bus (Blue Mountains Bus Company)
Dep: 12:26pm Fire Station Parke St Near Bathurst Rd
Arr: 12:40pm Scenic World

Walk to Scenic Railway Katoomba - 120 metres

Scenic World:
Option 1: Scenic Skyway
Option 2: Railway --> Scenic Walkway(2.8km) --> Scenic Cableway
Option 3: Scenic Cableway --> Scenic Walkway(2.8km) --> Scenic Railway

bus (686) : Scenic World --> Echo Point (Three Sisters)

bus (686) : Echo Point --> Katoomba Station

train: Katoomba Station --> Central --> Allawah

Option 1 : 2 hours 42 minutes
Take the Blue Mountains Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 3:25pm Katoomba Station Platform 1
Arr: 5:31pm Central Station Platform 7

Take the Eastern Suburbs And Illawarra Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 5:44pm Central Station Platform 25
Arr: 6:07pm Allawah Station Platform 4

Option 2 : 2 hours 42 minutes
Take the Blue Mountains Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 4:25pm Katoomba Station Platform 1
Arr: 6:31pm Central Station Platform 7

Take the Eastern Suburbs And Illawarra Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 6:44pm Central Station Platform 25
Arr: 7:07pm Allawah Station Platform 4

Option 3 : 2 hours 42 minutes
Take the Blue Mountains Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 5:25pm Katoomba Station Platform 1
Arr: 7:31pm Central Station Platform 10

Take the Eastern Suburbs And Illawarra Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 7:44pm Central Station Platform 25
Arr: 8:07pm Allawah Station Platform 4

http://www.scenicworld.com.au/
http://www.131500.com.au/

Tour Plan for Wollongong (Driving)

Bald Hill Lookout: LAWRENCE HARGRAVE DRIVE Otford, NSW 2508
Stanwell Park: (34°13′41.79″S 150°59′19.00″E)
Sea Cliff Bridge: Sea Cliff Bridge, 2508
Kiama Blowhole: Blowhole Point Headland Blowhole Point Road Kiama, NSW 2533
Kiama lighthouse: Blowhole Point, Kiama New South Wales 2533 (Kiama Lighthouse)
Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk: 182 Knights Hill Rd, Knights Hill NSW 2577

Home--> Bald Hill Lookout (34°13′23.45″S 150°59′52.49″E)
39.3 km – about 47 mins
Bald Hill Lookout --> Sea Cliff Bridge (34°15′26.97″S 150°58′21.82″E)
4.4 km – about 4 mins

Sea Cliff Bridge--> Kiama Blowhole, Kiama lighthouse (34°40′18.59″S 150°51′43.04″E)
59.7 km – about 1 hour 5 mins

Kiama--> Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk (34°37′280″S 150°42′100″E)
25.0 km – about 26 mins

Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk --> Home
108 km – about 1 hour 39 mins


SCENIC DRIVE FOUR - SADDLEBACK MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT, JAMBEROO VILLAGE, MINNAMURRA RAINFOREST, ILLAWARRA FLY TREETOP WALK, JAMBEROO ACTION PARK

Time: 1 hour

Start at the Kiama Visitors Centre on Blowhole Point, drive the loop past the Lighthouse and Blowhole, turn right on Terralong Street, then left at the roundabout onto Manning Street. Travel south and turn right at Kiama High School onto Saddleback Mountain Road. Turn left at the hill top and follow the scenic country road which takes you to Saddleback Lookout where, on a clear day, you can see almost 120km north and south along the coast. This is also the start of Hoddles Track
bush walk.

Leave the lookout and turn left on Fountaindale Road and follow the bitumen track to Jamberoo Road.
Turn left and proceed for 2km to reach historic Jamberoo village. About 1km through town, turn right at the roundabout, then left up Jamberoo Mountain Road for the award winning Minnamurra Rainforest in Budderoo National Park, Barren Grounds Nature reserve and the Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk at Knights Hill.

Return to Jamberoo Road, turn left and travel for about 4km to Jamberoo Action Park, then onto Albion Park. Turn right at the Princes Highway to head back to Kiama. Or from Jamberoo Action Park you can return back to Kiama on Jamberoo Road, past historic Terragong House.

http://www.freeoz.org/ibbs/viewthread.php?tid=881851
http://grandpacificdrive.com.au/attractions/default.aspx
http://www.sydney.com
http://www.kiama.com.au/accom_result1/minnamurra-rainforest/
http://www.kiama.com.au/pages/drives/