JAUNTS AND JOTTINGS.. 137 



Coming from Bathurst to Sydney in the early morning 

 when the sun was rising over this vast expanse of 

 fertile plain, the scene was wonderfully beautiful. The 

 train glided down the mountain side, and far away for 

 miles beneath extended Emu Plains, with the Nepean 

 river winding along like a silvery snake amidst the 

 green grass and ploughed fields. The sun as it rose 

 cast a glowing mantle of light and shade over this 

 lovely view, and the colours were reflected in rainbow 

 hues on land and vvater. Past Penrith, towards Bathurst, 

 we came to the famous zigzag railway, which winds 

 backwards and forwards up the mountain side to a 

 height of thousands of feet above the sea. Leura, 

 Katoomba, Wentworth, and Mount Victoria are all 

 favourite resorts in the Blue Mountains, where the city 

 folk are glad to go to get away from the heat of the 

 town. Lovely scenery abounds in the Blue Mountains. 

 Splendid waterfalls, wonderful caves, valleys, and 

 mountains, huge rocks, and giant trees are all to be 

 found as nature left them in the ages gone by. As the 

 train winds its way along, a glance out of one window 

 and you look downwards to an immense depth upon the 

 top of trees and rocks ; on the other side is a vast 

 stretch of mountain and valley, all clothed in growth 

 and extending as far as the eyes can see, until lost in 

 the horizon. It is wonderfully beautiful, and so vast 

 and awe-inspiring. Jenolan caves must be seen to be 

 believed. No description would give an adequate idea 



