We left the coast line of New South Wales to take Jycy camper van up to the mountains for its last two nights with us. It’s the Blue Mountains, probably one of the most famous national parks of Australia.

The journey took a whole lot longer than we expected (started from Hawk’s Nest near Nelson Bay), basically the whole day. To pass Sydney from the northern side was quite time taking. On the way, we bought fresh fruits from village of Bilpin, and once in the national park area we had a look on the Mt. Tomah Botanical Garden (https://www.bluemountainsbotanicgarden.com.au/). That was a nice stop, and you get plenty of information of the area.

The village of Blackheath is less touristy than Katoomba. We stayed the night in Govetts Leap lookout, there were toilets and chance to eat our own food.

Tip! Note that in the forests there are the mosquitoes! Quite annoying only. And you feel like at home.

The sunrise was at 5.44. We parked Jucy just on the edge of the cliff, and woke up for the sunrise, and yes, it was simply amazing! We were there just us, in totally unbelievable scenery and most beautiful sunrise.

The most touristic part of the Blue Mountains is the Scenic World in Katoomba (http://www.scenicworld.com.au/). There are few cable ways and one train to reach the bottom of the valley and the next cliff. You can see the most without this “amusement park” (39 AUD per person the whole day, no chance for cheaper two way tickets), but we took it anyway, the train was good fun as it’s really steep, and it was easier and fast to reach the places, no need to drive the car.

We walked Prince Henry Cliff Walk to the famous Three Sisters, and decided to make a longer walk by going down the Giant Stairway. On the way down we happened to meet Tony (going up all these stairs!), who ended up showing us around in Sydney in following weekend!

We stayed over in Katoomba Caravan park, and ate all our remaining food, sold the boogie board and had a good last sleep in Jucy.

On our drive to Sydney we stopped at Wentworth Falls. Luckily we were there quite early, as it gets touristy during the day (like all the famous spots in Blue Mountains). The walk along the ridge towards the falls was really nice!

All in all, we recommend to visit the Blue Mountains!

It was time to leave the camping life behind and drive to Sydney to return the car. We can really recommend the camping and sleeping in a car to everybody, it was the greatest way to explore the country, you can choose the route, there is some adventure in it, and it’s quite cost efficient. The rental is something between 25-35 AUD per day, and campsites 20-40 AUD per night (sure save is to sleep without camping, we did this twice). The traffic is really easy going and smooth, nobody is behind your back or pushing even you are slow. So, go for it!