Blue Mountains

The place we are going to call home for the next month or so is at Medlow Bath, a small hamlet in the Blue Mountains. It is situated on the Great Western Motorway 115km west of Sydney and is 1050m above sea level. For all those petrol heads we know, you pass through Medlow Bath on the way to Bathurst.
Helen's family built the house as a family home in the 1950s and when her parents passed on Helen and Robert have used it as their holiday home. It is a well resourced house and property that is bordered by Australian bush and it and some magnificent views down into the valley below. The house has three bedrooms, several living spaces and two wood burners to keep us toasty warm. One of the wood burners is 'Stanley' a slow combustion stove in the kitchen and I think I am going to enjoy using him for cooking, so watch this space. This is a very close knit community and a pot luck tea was arranged on Saturday with so that we were able to get to know our new neighbours (and vice versa). They area very diverse group ranging in age from 40 - 80, and with some having lived here nearly 60 years. We were made to feel very welcome and can see we will enjoy some very social times while we are here.
Our closest shopping precincts are Blackheath (4km further up the mountain) which provides a more upmarket experience, and Katoomba (5km down the mountain) that is bigger and has the more basics like Coles, medical centre and hospital.
There appears to be lots to do and see in the area so we are looking forward to exploring some of the sights and walking many of the tracks. We made a start today by walking to Blackheath on the track alongside the railway line. It is an absolutely beautiful day here with wall to wall blue so it made for an enjoyable first day's outing

For further information about the area click on this link. Some of our photos will follow at a later date.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medlow_Bath,_New_South_Wales

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