Tuesday, November 26, 2013

The Blue Mountains - Lawson's Cottage

After our rainy start to the mountain getaway, we bought groceries in Katoomba and headed up to Mount Victoria to check into our cottage.

I'd booked us a cottage in Mount Victoria because I thought it was a good distance from all the tourist resources in Katoomba and a start on the way to Jenolan Caves. It had good reviews, but it turned out to be even cooler than I'd expected.


The cottage was built in 1870, and the inside has a lot of Victorian charm. It felt very homey from the get-go, and there were lots of vintage touches that made it interesting.



On the second night that we were there, the owners (who were staying next door) came by with some fresh salad greens for us. We made ourselves a lovely mountain dinner that night!


They also had this cute little guy with them, so we got to have a little dog time!


One of the surprise bonuses of the cottage is that it was a 15 minute walk to Sunset Rock, which was a giant rock outcrop looking west. There was no parking lot for it, no guardrails, and no advertisements for it. It was like our own private overlook!

The first night it was pretty misty from all the rain.

But the second night, we went out for sunset and had wonderful views.

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