"The 3 Sisters - Just Part of an Amazing Family!" Blue Mountains National Park by aussiedoug

Blue Mountains National Park Travel Guide: 360 reviews and 1,128 photos

Those Beautiful Aboriginal Maidens - Blue Mountains National Park

Would You Have Done the Same with Your Daughters?

Dear reader, close your eyes & drift away. Feel yourself transported back tens of thousands of years to this wondrous place of colourful craggy cliffs with the blue grey green softly scented gum leaves contrasting, but somehow complementing the rocks & the brilliant blue sky. Feel the hot sun on your brow helping you know you are one with this land.
You are chief of an aboriginal tribe & you have three beautiful daughters who fill your life with joy, making you even more complete. But now you hear bad news. There are 3 famous warriors from nearby tribes who want to make these girls - YOUR GIRLS! - their wives. This thought you cannot abide so you turn your daughters, your beloved daughters who mean the earth itself to you, into stone to stand sentinel over this spectacular valley. You are confident this is only a short term thing because now you gather your warriors to go & do battle with these upstarts who dare to want to take your daughters from you. You will return & release them from this spell to be with you in the flesh once again!
BUT!......... Tragedy strikes. Our hero is killed in the ensuing battle. The beautiful three daughters have now become forever enshrined in stone. Their memories to be seen in this form forever more!

And Now For the Other

A Veritable Mecca!

Back into more earthly bound mode. I have to say that the Blue Mountains have never been a favourite place of mine. I'm thankful I can now go there and view them & the area itself with fresher eyes & a more open mind.

If you are visiting Sydney for a week then it will be easy enough to organise a day trip, by coach, up here. They are literally, a dime a dozen to use an Americanism. I am speaking metaphorically of course.
PLEASE LISTEN UP NOW!
Not really yelling at you, but my strongest suggestion to you all, us as well as overseas visitors, is to stay up here for at least 2 nights to give yourselves 1FULL DAY to explore because if you do the day trip from the city you'll have maybe half a day's being shown around with your tour guide.
There is a great visitors centre right at the lookout at the 3 sisters to get any info you need. The pic accompanying this is the cover of a magazine I picked up from there. The Blue Mountains area is a veritable mecca of art galleries, but also writers & musicians to a lesser extent. There truly is something for everyone in this region & I'm taking the family up for a weekend end soon!

Pros and Cons

Pros:Sheer Beauty, Art Galleries, Excellent Accommodation, Food & Coffee
Cons:None Really
In a nutshell:A Definite Must See for many reasons

Last visit to Blue Mountains National Park: Apr 2004
Intro Updated Apr 28, 2004
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Zanzibargirl May 27, 2005 at 7:19 PM

Slowly working away on those tips you want me to finish ; ). Will let you know when they are done.
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Rachelynn Nov 6, 2004 at 8:21 AM

hello there! yes, i couldn't agree with you more abt Blue Mts! Esp abt staying overnight there.
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unravelau Oct 2, 2004 at 3:00 PM

Hmmm. You are right you know Doug......I haven't been to the mountains for longer than I care to remember..........but it is on a promise.....LOL. Great photo and I really enjoyed hearing of the legend again. Thank you.
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jadedmuse Sep 14, 2004 at 6:33 PM

Gorgeous intro photo. You've built a fantastic case for visiting this national park - love it.
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Lols4hols Jun 13, 2004 at 4:22 AM

Wonderfulpage, one of many Doug. If I come to AUS, I just wanna be with those "bounders" LOLS, the 'roos, and those lil cutie koalas. Thanks for sharing - *H* :-)
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mesoblonda May 25, 2004 at 10:33 AM

DEFINITELY going to the Blue Mountains when I visit at the end of the year! You've just made me want to go even more Doug.
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cruisinthewaves May 8, 2004 at 4:55 AM

Excellent the way you put the reader into the tribe leader's role Doug. I also agree that photo is magnificent! Hope you'll go back there soon & add to this page.
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ocean4me Apr 30, 2004 at 6:16 AM

Beautiful storytelling about the 3 sisters Aboriginal legend Doug. I agree with Astralboy about that main photograph too. thank you!
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astralboy Apr 29, 2004 at 11:56 PM

Excellently written intro Doug. Fantastic photo too. You can really see the blue in the Blue Mountains.