Yesterday we went to the Blue Mountains. Claire called the park service and they said that visibility was good, so we packed up and left a little after nine. The reason they are called the Blue Mountains is because there is a bluish mist over the whole valley, from the oil of the Eucalyptus trees that fill the Jamison Valley. The drive is a little over ninety minutes, and Norah was feeling pretty carsick, and there were repeated requests for spicy juice, but thankfully she didn't throw up. The first thing we did was go look over Echo Point, where you can see the whole Jamison valley. We walked down to the Three Sisters, which is a very impressive sandstone rock formation that was formed by erosion. I didn't get any decent pictures of it, because I am a durf. But Claire is going to send me hers. There are places in the valley that are almost 3000 feet down, so that gave me a bellyache.
Then we went into Katoomba and ate lunch at a little cafe. I had some very good fish and chips. After that we got dessert at a patisserie where Claire got a caramel bar, Norah got a meringue penguin, and I got a meringue penguin, and a Lamington to share, which was superb. The Lamington I got on Saturday in Sydney was from a sad little chain called Pieface, and it was no good. This Lamington was moist and creamy and delicious, and I would like to have another someday.
2 comments:
Thanks for the picture of the wombat. He is powerful cute, but it looks like he would be restricted in his movements; where are his legs? They look like little stumps! OK, explain. What is a Lamington? I am just a stupid, ugly American! The pictures are gorgeous. Beautiful country!
I didn't know what Lamingtons were either until Jennifer mentioned she'd made one. They are sponge cake with a jam filling, dipped in chocolate, then rolled in coconut. And if you go to a good patisserie, like the one in Katoomba, they will slice the cake apart again and fill it with cream. It is a glorious dessert.
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