Having been in Sydney for over 3 months, it was high time we took a trip out to the famous Blue Mountains, just a 90 minute drive away. We set off early on Sunday morning with our good friends, Matt and Hannah and Hannah’s brother Luke, who was visiting her on holiday.
First stop of the day was a visit to the ice cream kiosk – which seemed like the perfect start to a long walk in the mountains by my book.
Unfortunately for Matt however, as he was busy munching his way through the wafer cone, he tripped and fell and badly twisted his ankle. This was not a good start and 5 men were immediately down to 3, as Matt and Hannah hobbled back to the car.
Martin, Luke and I soldiered on, enjoying the waterfalls and pleasant mountain views.
We then hit a very steep and narrow set of steps. It was at this particularly challenging part of the walk that Martin fairly calmly called out “snake!”. I spotted a long snake on the path, no more than half a metre away from me. I hurried past, while Luke screamed and bolted in the opposite direction.
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| Luke comes head to head with the Brown Snake |
Suddenly a handful of other walkers appeared on the path, including an Australian man who seemed to know a thing or two about snakes. ‘Keep back’ he shouted.... ‘this one is dangerous’. Turns out, that this poisonous creature was a Brown Snake (why complicate things by using fancy names), and is the 2nd most venomous snake in the world!
Thankfully, it slithered on its way, the 3 amigos were reunited and continued on with our journey through the hazardous Blue Mountains. I'm pleased to say that the latter half of the trip was far less eventful!
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