Ordinary Days at Sydney's Belmore Park

In one ordinary day on my way to Sydney's Central Business District (CBD), I happened to pass by on a park called Belmore Park in the Haymarket Area. It's actually a few minutes walk from Sydney's Central Train Station accross Eddy Avenue.If you are a  Sydneysider, places like this seems so ordinary but reading the history of this park in City of Sydney website, it was mentioned that in "early years in the nineteenth, century this area was part of crown land containing the Police Barracks and residence, Devonshire Street Cemetery, Female Refuge of the Good Samaritan, Benevolent Asylum and a common. Belmore Park was known as the Police Paddock, as it was located adjacent to the Police Barracks. The area has long been associated with markets. In the late 1860s Belmore Produce Markets and Paddys Markets were built in the area opposite the current Belmore Park." 

The Main Walkway. A Favorite Lunch Place of the CBD Working People

Belmore Park is a hangout of hundreds of birds

Fly Freely with the Belmore Park Scavengers!

The Empty Bench with lovers on the background

My Favorite Photo. The Creative Entrepreneur!

Where Exactly in Sydney you can find Belmore Park?

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Inside Jenolan Caves, Sydney, Australia

Driving to Jenolan Caves in one sunny day was an exhilarating experience for me and my family. Approximately 177 kilometers away from the City, Jenolan offers an entirely different wonder of God's creation. As soon as we reach Jenolan, we were welcomed by an amazing Grand Arch which serves as the common entrance to the different caves.

Jenolan Caves are without question, Australia's most impressive limestone caves. The caves were discovered in 1838 by a convict bushranger. There are nine show caves open to the public with spectacular lighting, underground rivers, and cave formations that will surely amaze anyone.

 

Our tour guide who took us through one of the the caves demonstrated a crystal clear limestone rock using a torch. 

 

Can you see the stage performers? a theater formation inside Jenolan

Fine dripping stalactites

Well-built walkways and ladders made it easier for us to view most parts of the cave

It take hundreds of years for spectacular formation such as this.

An angel's wing? probably...figure it out.

Giant needles?

Friendly colorful birds playing with my son

How to get to Jenolan Caves

There is no public transport to Jenolan Caves, but it is a pleasant drive. There is plenty of free parking at Jenolan.

Driving

From Sydney, take the M4 Motorway travelling west through the Blue Mountains, Katoomba and Mt. Victoria on the Great Western Highway. Shortly after Victoria Pass, the Jenolan Caves turnoff is found just past the village of Hartley. Turning left, this road passes through Hampton and finally Jenolan Caves.

The trip offers spectacular scenery on a sealed road that can be completed comfortably in 2½ hours from Parramatta. If you have time, explore the Blue Mountains along the way.

If you are visiting Jenolan from the direction of Sydney, Katoomba and Lithgow, the last section of the road into the Jenolan Valley is one way from 11.45am to 1.15pm everyday. This allows coaches to enter Jenolan safely on the narrow road. Visitors can still leave Jenolan during these times - via the Oberon Road which is now fully sealed. (Source: http://www.jenolancaves.org.au/)

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Free Shower

A Giant fountain across ANZ Stadium located at  Sydney Olympic Park. It is a great picnic site for families or groups with young children. A children's playground and an open soccer park are within its vicinity.

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Sydney's Blue Mountains

November 2007 when I first set foot here in Sydney, Australia. We were attending the wedding of my wife's nephew. We had a quick tour to some of Sydney's landmarks including the famous Three Sisters at Blue Mountains (photo above taken November 2007). 

  

Why was it called Three Sisters?

The Aboriginal dream-time legend has it that three sisters, 'Meehni', 'Wimlah' and Gunnedoo' lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe. 

These beautiful young ladies had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe, yet tribal law forbade them to marry.

The brothers were not happy to accept this law and so decided to use force to capture the three sisters causing a major tribal battle.

As the lives of the three sisters were seriously in danger, a witchdoctor from the Katoomba tribe took it upon himself to turn the three sisters into stone to protect them from any harm. While he had intended to reverse the spell when the battle was over, the witchdoctor himself was killed. As only he could reverse the spell to  return the ladies to their former beauty, the sisters remain in their magnificent rock formation as a reminder of this battle for generations to come. (source:bluemountainsaustralia.com)

Blue Mountains is a great place to visit especially for families. It offers various adventures, activities, and scenic sites. It is very accessible and one can have the option to go by car, or simply by catching a bus or train. I will be uploading more photos on my next blog entry about this tourist attraction.

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