To begin with it was very cold in the mountains with a nice breeze blowing! None of us felt we were dressed warm enough. Jay left his sweat shirt he planned on wearing under his coat in the car at Granville so the first hour was spent looking for a cheap but warm sweat shirt. Of all the booths lining both sides of the street not one sold sweat shirts. So we ended up walking to KMart and finding one for $7. What a bargain!
By then the streets were packed and looking at the booths was a joke! We opted for hot chocolate in a "quiet" cafe. We finally walked up to the top of the street, found the only worthwhile booth and shop and bought some jewelry. We then watched the "parade" which consisted of two or three floats, lots of people dressed in funky costumes and one band.
Afterwards we walked to the IMAX theater, ate lunch and watched The Edge, a movie about the Blue Mountains.
We missed the 2:20 train back to Granville so we had to wait for another hour. We passed the time in the Carrington Hotel watching the people dressed in very weird costumes come and go.
To sum the day up - we wouldn't do it again next year even if we were going to be here.
Carolyn Wooley, Wendy McKnight, Elizabeth, Jay at the Granville train station.
Clint and Joyce Warby, our partners for the day!
Katoomba train station high in the Blue Mountains.
Weirdos!!! Typical of the costume for the day!
The crowds.
A cute little girl all dressed up.
The Parade.
Even the dogs got in the act.
Carrington Hotel
Weirdos at the hotel.
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