Real sisters visible again

On a recent trip to the Blue Mountains, I'd gone to Echo Point in Katoomba hoping to see what the 'Ruined Castle' fire was up to, only to find that all I could see was smoke. (Here: I see no fires )

The fires have been out for a while now, and there I was again the other day, showing off the Three Sisters to a couple of tourists.

Except that for a while at least, all we could see this time was clouds and rain. I had to pose them in front of the billboard.

Eventually it did clear though, and the view was indeed excellent.

After the fires - Echo Point

The view over the Jamison Valley to Mount Solitary and the Ruined Castle. From here at least,  it's not looking too bad, in that in many areas the fire appears not to have destroyed the forest canopy.


I was here a few weeks ago, during the height of the 'Ruined Castle Fire'. Couldn't see much then because of the smoke. See my report: I see no fires

The Ruined Castle itself sits just behind the very brown area in the middle distance below.

Fires? I see no fires

I went up to the Blue Mountains today to photograph the big fires. There have been dramatic ones in the news lately. But the smoke was preventing any views of anything much. It was rather spooky being up there surrounded by all that bush, but being unable to see whether fires were approaching or not.




At Echo Point the tourists were posing in front of the pictures of the views rather than the views themselves.



There's a fire down there, the 'Ruined Castle' fire. But I couldn't see it for the smoke.

Most of the smoke is from the Wollemi National Park etc 'mega-fire' to the north. I'd hoped to maybe get a bit of a view of that one from Evans Lookout, but the road was closed,and the walking tracks too.