A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Blackheath, Australia by TravelPod blogger Kaarel titled "Hiking in Blue Mountains + Birthday" Kaarel’s travel blog entry: "At the start of this week i took a train to Blackheath in Blue Mountains. The small streets with small houses were almost like in Estonias smaller towns. Words are not enough to describe the mountains itself. Check the pictures, the green things are full grown trees, not some small bush. The track down to valley, was quite steep. The water was running down the mountain wall, making it slippery as well so some care was required to get down. On our Euro trip with Crew we joked about Romenian mountain tracks comatibility with Euro norms. Well guys, these ones here can be compared to Romanian ones easily. I camped overnight at Acacia camping grounds in blue gum forest. I must say that if mountains were spectacular then the forest was just magical. Walking through it in early morning, with a lonely bird singing some strange song, everything just seemed right. Again to draw comparisons, it was just like listening to Greig in Norways mountains and understanding exactly what he was thinking when he wrote these songs. Well the magic didnt last very long as i had to climb back up the 400m wall. And although i have had some pretty good walking practice lately my legs were sore for quite some days. On thursday i officially entered middle age and turned 26. To celebrate i went to eat seafood. Now i can add ...