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Greater Blue Mountains EMPFOHLENER 4- BIS 7-TÄGIGER REISEPLAN Anvil Rock Greater Blue Mountains Nur wenige Autostunden von Sydney entfernt finden Sie grenzenlose Freiheit. Um jedoch alles zu erleben, was es hier zu erkunden gibt, brauchen Sie mindestens eine Woche. 1. TAG: Von Sydney nach Katoomba Verlassen Sie Sydney auf einer der Stadtautobahnen. Überqueren Sie den Nepean River und folgen Sie dem sich dahinschlängelnden Great Western Highway durch die Bergdörfer, darunter die kleinen Ortschaften Wentworth Falls und Leura, bis nach Katoomba. Wenn Sie auf den Penrith-Ebenen einen Zwischenstopp einlegen,können Sie im Muru Mittigar Aboriginal Cultural Centre lernen, wie man Didgeridoo spielt Abseiling und einen Bumerang wirft. In den unteren Gebirgsregionen können Sie in Glenbrook, das zu dem auf der Liste des Weltkulturerbes aufgeführten Blue Mountains Nationalparks gehört, eine Rast einlegen, um sich die Beine zu vertreten. In Wentworth Falls finden Sie eine spektakuläre Vielfalt von Buschwanderwegen und Aussichtspunkten, die Ihnen endlose, ungetrübte Ausblicke auf das Jamison Valley und die bedeutsamen Stätten der Aborigines bieten. In Katoomba können Sie sich dem Volk der Gundungurra auf einer ihrer Touren entlang der alten Traumpfade („Songlines“) anschließen. Wandern Sie mit diesem Volk in ihrem ursprünglichen Land und hören Sie ihren Schöpfungsgeschichten zu. Erfahren Sie so beispielsweise, warum die drei Schwestern („Three Sisters“) eigentlich sieben Schwestern sind. Machen Sie einen Zwischenstopp im einzigartigen Carrington Hotel in Katoomba, um einen Einblick in die Geschichte der Jahrhundertwende zu gewinnen. 2. TAG: Jenolan Caves Stehen Sie früh auf, um all die Sehenswürdigkeiten in der Gegend von Katoomba, Leura und dem Jamison Valley zu besuchen. Hier finden Sie eine abwechslungsreiche Vielfalt an kleinen Restaurants mit gutem Essen, interessanten Künstlern, Galerien, Pubs und historischen Hotels. All die Sehenswürdigkeiten und Buschwanderwege können Sie mühelos erleben, indem Sie den Explorer Bus nehmen oder eine Rundfahrt mit Trolley Tours machen. Sie können an einem Ort aus dem Bus aussteigen, eine kurze Wanderung machen, und dann nach Lust und Laune wieder zusteigen. Bewundern Sie, wie sich die Farben der Three Sisters am Echo Point bei Sonnenaufgang verändern. Erklimmen Sie dann die lange Treppe, die im Tal ihren Anfang nimmt. Machen Sie eine atemberaubende Bahnfahrt auf dem Scenic Railway und kommen Sie dann wieder zurück in der Panorama- Seilbahn mit Glasboden. Wenn Sie den Adrenalinkick brauchen, verbringen Sie den Rest des Tages mit Klettern, Abseilen oder Canyoning. High ‘n’ Wild Govetts Leap nimmt Sie mit auf eine Abenteuertour zum Empress Canyon, von wo Sie sich in einem Wasserfall abseilen können - ein wahrhaft unvergessliches Erlebnis. Aussichten genießen, und Perrys Lookdown ist 7. TAG: der Ausgangspunkt der kürzesten Route zur Der Great North Discovery Trail verläuft in Fragen: wunderschönen Talsohle des Blue Gum Valleys. das Hunter Valley, das sich vom Regenwald In dieser Region sind über 400 verschiedene und dem subalpinen Zentrum des Barrington Die Landschaft der Greater Blue Tierarten angesiedelt, darunter seltene 1. Tops Nationalparks, dem südlichen äußersten Mountains bietet: Spezies wie der Riesenbeutelmarder, das Punkt des Gondwana Regenwaldes (einem A. Hunderte Kilometer an Riesenflughörnchen und das Kaninchenkänguru. Wanderwegen Erfrischen Sie sich mit Devonshire Tea in Weltkulturerbe), erstreckt. Sie können B. Eine der am häufigsten den Galong Valley Tea Rooms oder kosten direkt bis zur Finchley Aboriginal Area im fotografierten Sie das regionale Obst und Gemüse und die Yengo Nationalpark mit seinen unzähligen Sehenswürdigkeiten Australiens - hervorragenden Weine, die in dieser Region Felsschnitzereien fahren. Die Hunter-Region ist die Three Sisters angebaut werden. eine der besten Weinregionen Australiens und C. Mehr als 400 verschiedene bekannt für die Erzeugung des besten Semillon- 5. TAG: Tierarten Weins der Welt. Statten Sie dem Vintage Hunter Sehen Sie sich auf dem Weg nach Lithgow die D. Alle oben genannten Wine and Visitors Centre in Pokolbin einen Besuch vom National Trust als besonders sehenswert ab, um zu planen, welches der 140 Weingüter Sie eingestuften Gebäude von Mount Victoria, 2. Das World Heritage Exhibition Centre das Hartley Historic Village und das Comet vor der Rückfahrt nach Sydney besuchen wollen. befindet sich hier Inn an. Lithgow ist der Hauptausgangspunkt The Comet Inn A. für Touren in den entlegenen Wollemi- ANREISE B. Vintage Hunter Wine and Visitors Nationalpark. Machen Sie eine Teepause im Autobahnen führen direkt aus Sydney heraus. Centre Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah Das Gebiet ist auch per Auto, Bus, Zug oder C. Blue Mountains Botanic Garden und im World Heritage Exhibition Centre. Flugzeug erreichbar. Züge fahren regelmäßig vom Mount Tomah Abends können Sie sich auf eine Nachttour Hauptbahnhof in Sydney und bieten wunderbare D. Oberon durch den Glow Worm Tunnel begeben und sich den Weg von den geheimnisvollen Panoramafahrten zum Zentrum der Region. Busse Glühwürmchen leuchten lassen. Verbringen Sie verkehren täglich vom Bushauptbahnhof in Sydney die Nacht im luxuriösen Wolgan Valley Resort 3. TAG: mit Umweltzertifikat und lassen Sie sich voll und ganz verwöhnen. Ein Besuch des „Three Explorers Tree“, gefolgt von einer Wanderung auf dem Six Foot 6. TAG: Hawkesbury Region Track von Katoomba zu den geologischen Der Greater Blue Mountains Drive verbindet Phänomen der Jenolan Caves, vermittelt Nationalparks mit Schutzreservaten, die sich Ihnen einen guten Eindruck von der über die Regionen Upper Hunter, Mudgee, abwechslungsreichen Geschichte der Region. Teile der Kalksandsteinhöhlen sind seit Mitte Goulburn, Southern Highlands und Hawkesbury Greater Blue des 18. Jahrhunderts Besuchern zugänglich, es erstrecken. Folgen Sie dem Discovery Trail, der Mountains gibt jedoch immer noch einige unerforschte durch die Hawkesbury River Gegend führt. Sydney Höhlenbereiche. Für ein wahrhaft einzigartiges Kaufen Sie an den Ständen entlang des Weges Erlebnis werfen Sie sich in Overalls, schnappen frisches Obst und Gemüse aus lokalem Anbau sich einen Helm und eine Taschenlampe für ein Picknick am Fluss im Cattai Nationalpark. und gehen auf eine Abenteuer-Höhlentour. Die ländliche Stadt Oberon ist der perfekte Knotenpunkt, von wo aus sich die Höhlen sowie die Kanangra Boyd, Blue Mountains und Abercrombie Nationalparks erkunden lassen. 4. TAG: Nützliche Webseiten Die Stadt Blackheath ist ein guter www.visitnsw.com Ausgangspunkt für die Erkundung der Grose www.npws.nsw.gov.au und Megalong Valleys. Vom Govetts Leap und www.visitbluemountains.com.au vom Evans Lookout können Sie atemberaubende www.greaterbluemountainsdrive.com.au Muru Mittigar Aboriginal Cultural Centre: www.murumittigar.com.au Muggadah Indigenous Tours: www.muggadahtours.com.au Boutique Mountain Tours: www.boutiquemountaintours.com.au Aboriginal Blue Mountains Walkabout: www.bluemountainswalkabout.com Tread Lightly Eco Tours: www.treadlightly.com.au Carrington Hotel: www.thecarrington.com.au Scenic World: www.scenicworld.com.au Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa: www.emirateshotelsresorts.com/wolgan-valley/en Jenolan Caves: www.jenolancaves.org.au Mystery Tours: www.bluemountainsmysterytours.com.au High n Wild: www.high-n-wild.com.au Explorer Bus: www.explorerbus.com.au Trolley Tours: www.trolleytours.com.au Mount Tomah Mount Alle oben genannten oben Alle Garden Botanic Mountains Blue C. ; D. : ANTWORTEN TAUK6889.
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