Sydney Through The Eyes Of A Rockstar – Glenbrook and Blue Mountains National Park

 We drive out to Blue Mountains National Park for the day, about an hour out we stop for brunch at Glenbrook before heading on another 45 mins to our destination..

Which do you think Rockstar wanted to do, see the Three Sisters and one of the most popular National Parks in Australia, or go play on a swing exactly like the ones in Sai Kung, HK? This is hard.

This gas station pump along the way is on the blog because Kings literally drove round and round this thing three times before figuring out which side of the car the pump should be on so he could fill up. (He was deep in thought about some work thing.) Locals must be thinking we’re nuts. I say this in case you wonder why sometimes my husband and I seem to have strange conversations. It’s because we have strange conversations. (And then I’d like to think that’s just him except I agreed to spend the rest of my life with him so that makes me a little weird too)

When we finally make it there between 2-3pm, it’s 8 degrees Celsius, at least 5 degrees colder than the city was.

At the entrance to the trails we look at the map. The pictures are breathtaking. And after 4-5 hours’ hiking you will apparently get this view above. It IS beautiful. I shall take a beautiful picture of the brochure.

Pictures 1-3 were taken barely 2 minutes apart. Seriously. It’s still a little freaky even for us – one moment your child is carrying on a serious conversation with you, the next you turn to see why he has practically cut off mid-sentence and – zzz.

Well we enjoyed Blue Mountains. Even if we did have to take turns getting out of the car to see them.

Interestingly, quite a few tourists are speaking Putonghua. Some with distinct Beijing accent even. And I also overhear some Cantonese.

Then it’s a colossal traffic jam as we head back. As in, we move maybe 100 meters in 55 minutes at one point. Which is when I had a chance to blog haha – after awhile we switched on the Wifi device we bought for the rented place.. (Kings holds up surprisingly well considering I don’t think we’ve been in a jam that slow-moving in 7 years in HK. AND I notice not a single person honks their horn. Come to think of it now I remember last year in Melbourne it took us awhile to realize when people were honking at us because they do it erm, so politely in comparison…)

Ps: In case you’re wondering, it used to be very hard to get Rockstar to nap outside as an older baby. But we kinda “had to” bring JD for her training or just out for the weekends – which necessitated Rockstar being able to nap to restaurant babble and music. Then at her training school it dawned on us – JD doesn’t bark much, but boy, some of her classmates were horrible but we didn’t want an older little boy who say, kept crying when he heard lotsa dogs barking so then we put more effort into getting him used to the sound.. Also, if we wanted to be able to sit in peace in a cafe for hours with a laptop (Kings does that while I bring JD for long walk or swim) Rockstar would either have to be sleeping or we’d all have to go home. Didn’t want to be stuck home too much.

Rockstar slept 3 hours in the car, waking in time to nibble at Indian curry dinner on the way back

Sometimes it took 45 mins, an hour, maybe more, of constant rocking between us amidst the hustle and bustle of busy HK restaurants but one day we realized Rockstar goes out easier now. (Though once in awhile there’s a little fuss it’s wayy less than before).  That research where they tell you babies can block out lotsa background noise if you get them used to it was pretty true for us…