IntlMOVE – Moving to Australia and the Blue Mountains

After moving to Australia with IntlMOVE, your international moving company, you must visit the Blue Mountains.  

The Blue Mountains are famous for its rock formation— the Three Sisters. 

The towering mountains get its nickname from the blue mist that surrounds the area, including the small city of Katoomba that sits at its base.

Katoomba is the most accessible of the regions towns.

The blue tint filling the sky is formed by oils released from the vast amounts of Eucalyptus plants inhabiting the mountains and surrounding valley. 

When you move to Sydney, Australia with IntlMOVE, you will see that The Blue Mountains are easily reached.

The Blue Mountains are located about two hours outside the center of Sydney by car or train.

They are accessible year-round, offering plenty of activities such as rock sports, mountain biking, horseback riding and scenic routes with lookout points that provide fascinating views of the valley and distant mountains.

The Greater Blue Mountains area contains seven national parks and is home to six language groups— Wiradjuri, Gundungurra, Dharawal, Darug, Darkinjung and Wanaruah. 

Three Sisters:

Jetting out the side of the Blue Mountains are ancient pillars known as the Three Sisters.

They were formed overtime by erosion eating away at the Triassic Sandstone.

As wind and rain caused the merged rocks to waste away, three separate blocks of sandstone began to appear.

Now, the three sharp columns stand 3,080 to 3,134 feet tall or 906 to 922 meters. 

However, there are more than scientific explanations of how the Three Sisters formed.

Folklore names the three columns Meehni, Wimlah and Gunnedoo after three women who met three brothers from a neighboring area. 

Soon followed a Romeo and Juliet like war. 

A magical man turned the women to stone, promising to free them once the war ended. 

Then, the magic man died in battle leaving the three sisters captive in the rocks until this day. 

The Three Sisters can be viewed 24 hours a day and are lighted from sunset to 10:30 p.m.

The rock formations can be reached through a number of routes with views across the canopy into the valley below.

The most popular place to view the Three Sisters is Echo Point.

Two viewing platforms extend out over the valley with panoramic views of the rock formations.

Echo Point is also a popular starting point for several other trials and destinations.

A path to the Giant Staircase, originally constructed in 1909, leads to a platform adjacent to the top of the Three Sisters.

The daunting, yet rewarding climb, up 900 steps offers a spectacular view peering beyond the valley and into a mixture of rainforests, canyons, caves, tall forests and waterfalls.

Other popular routes from this point are hikes along Prince Henry Cliff walk, Katoomba Falls and Scenic World. 

Getting Around the Blue Mountains:

When you move to Australia with IntlMOVE and want to visit the Three Sisters, there are many ways to the beautiful formations.

Scenic World offers several adventure rides.

Its Scenic Railway is the steepest incline railway in the world.

Take the 1,411 ft descent through a cliff side tunnel downward into an ancient rainforest. 

The Scenic Railway operates every 10 minutes and costs $11 per adult for a one-way ticket. 

Its Scenic Cableway gives an areal view over the valley and is the steepest cable car in the Southern Hemisphere and costs$11 per adult for a one-way ticket.

Taking this ride has been described as floating on air.

This ride has a sliding glass floor that provides breathtaking views revealed through the cabin floor.

The 360 degree bird’s-eye-view takes in the Three Sisters, Katoomba Falls, Mount Solitary and the Jamison Valley. Scenic world is open 365 days a year from 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

The Blue Mountains Explorer Bus offers a ‘hop on, hop off’ service to many Katoomba attractions, including old mining stations.

It stops every 30 minutes.

The Trolley Tour makes rounds about every hour and goes about the region. 

So, whether moving to Australia with IntlMOVE, or moving to the Blue Mountains, you can experience the best of its national and cultural landscapes.

The Blue Mountains offer great outdoors activities and romantic getaways that support more than 100 of the world’s Eucalypt species and more than 400 kinds of mammals, birds and reptiles.