I asked Copilot; What is penalty for flying paper aeroplane from echo point? The reply was as expected: Flying a paper aircraft from Echo Point might seem harmless, but it could still be considered unsafe flying under Australian aviation regulations. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) enforces rules to ensure safety, and penalties for unsafe flying can be quite severe. If you're found to be in violation of these rules, you could face fines, operating restrictions, or even jail time. Good job I did not let go.

Majestic view of Liz here at Three Sisters, next the monument remembering February 1954 when our Queen viewed from here. We then took Mazzy2 on tour of the route connecting all the view points around here. While Echo Point is built for coaches, we went to several down single tracks, machete in hand, for a quiet and still moment for reflection. Gordon Falls is particularly high and looks out on a carpet of trees as far as you can see. The big road builders are there right now, putting in a coach receiving station at the end of this small residential cul de sac.

A gem of a find was Leura Cascades. In 1913 the windy road passed this waterfall and a swanky bridge was built. Then two walls were built across the river forming a dam and they made two swimming pools (Ladies & Gents of course) in the lush valley. At some point this was all washed away by heavy rains, the pools filled in with silt. After this a road was built to by pass the windy bit and the bridge. This isolated the tourist spot, which is now in dis-repair. But this is all why it is so amazing. A true step back in time. You need to bypass the road 'closed' barriers on foot. Some old information and toilets are there including a picture of the 1913 heyday bathers. You can make out the structures in the pictures are still in place. My picture shows the old road on the left forming one wall of the pool, the grass which was the pool and on the right the second dam wall from which the water still falls into the stream below.

Going off piste at Landslide Lookout you can get to a flattish outcrop of rock unfettered by railings. Probably the highest sheer drop I have ever set foot on. Liz took a picture of me.

I love this hotel, Lilianfeles Blue Mountains Spa which has such a great unspoilt structure to it. There are surprises around every corner. And in the grounds there are beautiful small areas you can snuggle into. I was chatting to the parrot on the bin, when the other one popped his head around the corner seeming to ask, 'what is all the noise about'? Rather rich, coming from him.

Nature is a wonder. At Koombara Falls the most beautiful rock formation allows water to fall hither and thither. A small notice on arrival advises you do not interact with the water. Everybody is basically ignoring this suggestion. We climb up a small path and reach the top of the falls. Here is a broad green and road. The water comes through a culvert into a rubbish trap. It seems the expansion of the town has increased the amount of rubbish finding its way into the street drains and subsequently to the falls. A local firm designed this award winning filter system which collects the large stuff and allows a truck to back into a chute to remove it.

Encamped all along every ridge are houses of all shapes and sizes. Each clinging to the cliffs. The roads in the towns are often huge hills, down then up or visa versa. It is a strange place to live. I wonder how it effects car fuel consumption? I wonder why only teenage girls seem to be working everywhere?