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the Giant Staircase

wow - some day!

I guess i should start from the beginning*** today we started off bright and early to pick up a friend to go bushwalking in the blue mountains. Once we satisfied our carload, we headed off only for the driver to discover she'd left her handbag at home and hence, her licence. By then we were already about an hour into the drive so we asked God to take care of everything and hopefully, she won't get stopped - he answered:):):) he truly took care of everything! from the most beautiful weather we could possibly ask for to the interesting bits and pieces that come with days out in the mountains to the economy of the whole trip and the fitness and appreciation from everyone.

We took the Giant Staircase route, stopping past Katoomba Falls, took the scenic railway up, and walked back to Echo Point via the Prince Henry Cliff trail. It was tiring and all, but gee whiz the weather was nothing short of perfect^^ and the moon on the way back looked like one giant yellow cookie. Here are a couple of interesting things that happened:
* we fed king parrots at the top of the scenic railway coz the driver was ultra nice and gave us all bird seed. Some got adventurous and made a halo around our heads, sometimes stopping on our heads and all the same time, trying to squeeze in a photo here & there*
** we saw what looked like a courtship display of 2 cute little rock warblers -which we originally thought to be robins - til a stranger stopped and corrected us:) **
well i did say couple:) but yeah, it was just so picture perfect, and in the words of Bernice ''everytime I come here, there's something different about the mountains".. thank God for everything. I don't really wanna update on anything else but here are a few plain facts for the fact-loving ppl:
I now have licence to administer 2 analgesic gases, an epipen and defribillate an unconscious patient if ever need be thanks to completing a round of 4 courses from St John's last Saturday (but i'm still feeling a bit shaky from it all coz it was a VERY jam-packed day; imagine kneeling most of the time from 8-5 doing CPR and assembling oxygen tanks *it's harder than it sounds*).. i have work the next 3 days so it'll be good getting back into the cycle of the working world after a long breather.. and stuvac is upon just about everyone so hurray for a break, and for exams:( hope everyone does well..

sigh.. ooh another thing ~ beanies rock!!

posted by "/umin @ 1:32 PM