A Trip to Blue Mountains

Blue Mountain Tour ~ by Tejas

While in Sydney, we took a tour of Blue Mountains.  The Blue Mountains are on the outside of the famous city of Sydney.  The reason why it is called the Blue Mountains has blue in it’s name is because the oil from the Eucalyptus tree makes it look blue from a distance.  We booked a tour that went from 7:20 am to 6:00 pm.  The tour was run by Anderson Tours and our tour guide's name was Scotty, he was really funny.  At the tall Blue Mountains they have a spot called the Three Sisters originally called The Seven Sisters. It's three standing rocks that almost look like people. The Aboriginal people of Australia have a story the Three Sisters being members of the Katoomba Tribe. They fell in love with three men from a different tribe but marriage was not allowed in tribal law.  

There was another thing you could do called the cool Scenic World.  Basically you go on a ride and it shows you different parts of the Blue Mountains.  This is why it is called Scenic World.  There were four rides to do at the Scenic World,the long cable car ride where you would go up one of the mountains and view it, the scary glass floor ride where you would see the forest below you, the steepest roller coaster on Earth where you adjust your seat back to as far as you like and ride straight down part of the mountain, and the 30 minute walk through the forest where you will see the remains of the coal mines and see the forest under the trees.  Also the area was very smoky do to the harsh bush fires on the outside of Sydney. There was a lot of smoke and white air because of the fires here, we were not in danger, we were not even that close. 

We Saw Kangaroos ~ by Jovan

This week we went on a bus tour to Blue Mountain. On that tour we went to the Sydney Zoo. At the zoo we saw kangaroos. That is what my blog post is going to be on. Here are some facts about the kangaroo:

• The average full-grown red kangaroo is six feet tall.
  
• The average teen is about two feet
• The baby is one foot
• These types of animals are called marsupials. Marsupials are animals that have a pouch to put their babies in
• Here are some other marsupials,  opossum, wombat, wallaby, and koalas. 
• Kangaroos can run  hop up to sixty KPH clearing more than 8M with a single hop. 
• We were lucky enough to see two wild kangaroos they were both adults. Our tour guide told us no sudden movements, or they will hop away.