Booderee National Park

It rained, and it rained harder, and it rained some more. We woke up to the sounds of rain (and the usual birds squawking) and thought we were out of luck and we would have to pack our tent soaking wet. We got up and it was still drizzling but by the time we were showered and breakfast was done, the rain has stopped.
Since the tent was still very wet, we decided to go explore the park and let it dry (we didn’t need to leave the campsite until noon). First stop was Caves beach again, to take some pictures from the lookout while the sun was shining. On the way we saw again kangaroos munching on the side of the road and a couple wallabies (this time they didn’t scare the life out of us).
After that, we went to Hyams Beach, which is supposed to be the whitest beach in the world (although we both thought Greenpatch beach was whiter, maybe because the rain had made all the sand wet and darker). It was still magnificent, and I found a ton of itty bitty shells that I will be taking home. After that, we went back to the Greenpatch beach so I can get some of the super white sand to take with me and go back to get the tent packed (which by now was nice and dry).
We set off for our next destination: the Blue Mountains. We decided the take the coastal road called the Grand Pacific Drive, touted to be New South Wales answer to the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. I wouldn’t say it’s quite the same, but the road did not disappoint: the drive was gorgeous and we got to stop in a couple very cute little towns on the way. We had lunch at Black Head Point, to date our favorite lunch spot.
We stopped in Kiama to look at the famous blowhole: it’s a hole in the coastline that when the condition are right, sprays water up in the air: conditions were not right for that to happen, but the town and to coast were beautiful and totally worth the stop anyway.
After that, it was on to the Blue Mountain: destination Katoomba and Blackheath. We arrived in Blackheath at about 6:30 and found the caravan park right away. We decided to camp again since it didn’t look like it was going to get too cold.
We set up just in time to go catch the sunset and Echo point, the spot were you can look at the Three Sisters. The aborigenal legend says that 3 sisters from a tribe had fallen in love with  three brothers from a different tribe and tribal law forbade them from marrying. The 3 brothers decided to capture them, so the local witch doctor turned the sisters into stone to protect them. He wanted to reverse the spell after the battle between the 2 tribes was over, but he was killed and since he was the only one that knew how to reverse the spell, the sisters remained in stone.
After that, it was late a cold again so we decided to treat ourselves to dinner out instead of going back to the campsite and try to cook in the dark and the chilly breeze. We went to a Korean restaurant and had savory Korean pancakes (Jijim): it’s basically a frittata with veggies and meat or fish and it was delicious.
Got back to the tent and fell fast asleep. Today was a long day.