We slept in & buses and trains, oh my!

Of course, we slept in. Only until about 740am but the original plan was to be on a train at 6am. We got on the 9am train. We showered and I ate a toffee yogurt which I really enjoyed. I downed it pretty fast because we were already needing to leave. Erik are some chocolate chunk cereal. We also had some caramel Tim Tams and I can see what all the buzz is about. Erik's phone didn't charge last night so that wasn't good because he is the only one with the international phone plan.

Today, of all days, the route from Penrith to Granville was moved to buses (probably due to some train track fix?). This means our 2 hour trip (1 train & 1 bus) out from Sydney to Katoomba turned into a 3 hour trip (2 train & 2 bus). Though, it was relatively easy to use. Everything was clearly marked and their tap on and off system worked like a champ.

The first train was 1 hour long and it was a double decker so we sat on the second floor. The closer to Sydney we were, the closer the houses were together. Almost sitting on top of each other. The bus came pretty quickly. Maybe 3 minutes to wait for it..

Then we got off at Granville and got on a bus. The bus was an hour long and only 2 total stops. Nothing super spectacular about the bus ride. The guy drove pretty fast. The bus left almost immediately after we sat down on it.

Then we got on the 2nd train at Penrith and rode it to Katoomba. This was also about an hour. This train ride was also uneventful. Erik tried to sleep most of the way on this train. We were in a quiet carriage, which I guess is a thing. We didn't know. On this train we had to wait for about 20 minutes before it arrived and we could board it..

Once in Katoomba we had to figure out how to get to Scenic World. Lucky for us, the bus was around the corner. We had to wait about 5-10 minutes for the bus but it was only a 10 minute ride to Scenic World.Read more