I jumped off Sydney Harbour Bridge and survived!!

Hi guys,

Well on Friday night I eventually got round to doing the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb. It was amazing. I did the night time climb and it was great fun. I wasn't as scared as I thought I would be but the ladders up and down were the scariest part and then I was rather frightened when standing at the top getting my photo taken as the wind was rather strong. Unfortunately the photo below isn't great quality as there is not a scanner here so it is a photo of the photo!

It was a great experience though and the views were amazing. We saw a bride and groom down by the harbour, a comet passed over us, a fireworks display out at Olympic Park and of course Sydney all lit up. Right at the end we jumped of the last step just so that we could say we jumped off the bridge and survived. Although I think I might have scared one or two people by sending them that message and they hadn't realised I was climbing the bridge - sorry! Thanks so much Jo for selling me your gift voucher and thank you so much Mum for buying Jo's voucher for my Christmas.

Yesterday (Saturday) morning, Jo and I did a day tour of the Blue Mountains but got dropped off in Katoomba on the way back so that we could spend a night there. The first place we stopped was at Echo Point to see The Three Sisters:

The views were amazing. We then went onto Scenic World were you can go on the World's steepest train, however Jo and I decided to leave that for today so that we didn't have to rush the walks at the bottom of the valley. We then went to the Jenolan Caves for a cave tour. At the entrance of the caves there was a lovely lake with duck swimming in it:

The lake was so clear and the colours were amazing. The tour of the caves was very interesting and again the colours and shapes were a great sight. On the way back we stopped at one of the valleys to see the damage caused by fires in the last few months. All the brown patches are the areas that were burnt.

Jo and I then spent the evening in Katoomba. We went out for a meal and then had a quiet time in the hostel.

Today, we went on the World's steepest railway. It is 450m in length, 250m vertical drop and the steepest incline was 52 degrees!

We then went for a walk through the rainforest and got the scenic cableway (a cable car) back up. The views were amazing and I think, along with the bridge climb, it helped overcome my fear of heights!

We then got the train back to Sydney and have checked into out hostel. I am going surfing tomorrow and then sorting everything out on Tuesday so that I can leave to go up the coast on Wednesday. I have decided to go and travel now so that I can work in the outback for a few months.

Hope you are all well,

xxx