My wife and I decided to head out to the Blue Mountains for Valentine’s Day, and so I can now say that I’ve finally ventured further outside of Sydney than the airport! We picked up a rental car and ventured out on Saturday to spend the night in Richmond, giving ourself lots of time to relax and just be unrushed with our trip. Figured that this would be a good idea as I have never driven either in a city or on the left side of the road, but it also ended up being a good idea as not 30 minutes on the road we ended up with a flat tire! When that was all resolved however, we continued on our way, and arrived in Richmond after sunset, had ourselves a great dinner at a placed called Embers Wood Fired Pizza, and tucked ourselves into bed for the night.
On Sunday, we continued on our way up to Mount Tomah. I’ve had a new reversal ring for a while that I’ve been meaning to try out on my broken 50mm 1.8 II lens and this proved to be a pretty good day for it. I have to say, that I quite thoroughly enjoyed the Botanic Gardens, and am pretty happy with the photos I took. I heavily recommend checking out this place if you ever have the chance. We’re looking forward to scoping out more of the Blue Mountains when we get the chance.