Rocks and stuff

While we were in Sydney, we took a one and a half hour drive up to the Blue Mountains to visit the Three Sisters. It’s basically a pile of rocks caused by land erosion but legend has it that they are actually three sisters (Meehni, Wimlah and Gunnedoo) who were turned into stone in a tragic tribal love story.

I think it’s a sign of age because 10 years ago, I would not have imagined myself wanting to spend a day up in the mountains looking at some rocks. I mean, I’m still not like a huge fan of rock formations and I pretty much looked at it for 3 seconds and thought, “That looks like a pretty decent pile of rocks” before starting to feel a bit bored.

Besides, I wasn’t really paying much attention during Geography class so I couldn’t really give the kids a commentary on the difference between igneous and sedimentary rocks. So instead, I tried to think of some jokes about rocks. Like what are famous rocks called? Rock stars. Or what music do the Three Sisters like to listen to? Soft rock. And so on.

But what I really enjoyed was breathing in the fresh, cool mountain air, looking out across hundreds of acres of wide open spaces, watching the kids run around with the biggest smiles on their faces and feeling like life was truly beautiful.

On the way back, we found this quaint little place called Leura Mall. It’s not really like the massive malls we have back home – just a row of shops and cafes, but good enough for a bit of shopping, some bread pudding, scones and coffee.

It’s probably just me but everything seems to taste better when it’s so ridiculously cold.

Happy times.