Another week in the mountains!

This week Tony and I had a day off together and were able to get to the self guided tour...almost 1000 stairs in total!  But wellworth it to the top!  Take a look!

our work and our home

grand arch entry

Tony at the Nettle Cave

Devil's Coach house

Us haha

The Top of the Grand Arch

View from the top- the street below

On the way down

The street to Sydney/Katoomba- note this is a two way street, yep that tight!

Blue Lake- blue because of all of the Lime Stone from the Caves- also home to the Platypuses!

Blue Lake waterfall

QLD FLOODING

 We DO NOT LIVE in Queensland- we live in New South Wales, and we have not been affected by any of the flooding! Thank gosh! We have had a few people asking about how we are- we are fine and business is as usual here!
But for those who dont know---
This week has been one of the worst natural disasters in all of Queensland.  It's incredible to see the photos, and video of the flooding.  The flash floods are the worst- the amount of water running though in mins is unreal.  Unfortunately there is a death toll of 15 at the moment- and there are still 55 people missing and unaccounted for, 60000 people are without power, and 1000 people are still in evauation.  Hopefully we will all be able to help in some way....now it's a waiting game- waiting for the river to decrease...and then they can start the clean up. 

another busy week!

It's been another busy week here at the caves!  Tony and I have been working very long days for the past week or so.  We have both put in over 60 hrs in the last week working for the xmas break.  It's feeling like we are working in hospitality again!  We love it!  Tony had two days off and went to Sydney with Justin (one of the fellow Canadian chefs) to check out a steak restaurant.  They had a blast exlporing the city, hitting up to Fish Market (the largest in the southern hemisphere!), and of course eating some great food (whether it was Pho, Korean BBQ, or steak- it was ALL GOOD!)  Sarah was busy at work for those two days!  We stayed really busy, both working on New Years Eve night as well- BUT- all the staff got together in the empty restaurant and counted down til the New Year together!  It was great, lots of fun, and prolly the only New Years Tony and I will be able to enjoy together!  This year has been busy already for us as well!  We have been working on moving our stuff to our new apt.  We have been giving an two bedroom apt in the staff wing of the hotel (as opposed to the one we had on top of the hill) It's great- there is two bedrooms (one is for all our stuff at the moment!) one with a double bed (woopwoop- finally no more twin beds that are different highs!) and a living room.  The only down fall- we dont have a kitchen :(  but we do have a fridge now!  wooopwooop!  It's great!  Love that we get to keep things!  LOVE LOVE LOVE the cold beer too! hahaha