We headed off to the Blue Mountains (Katoomba) for a little NYE getaway on the 31st of Dec, 2015. Katoomba is about a 3.5 hour drive from Canberra.
Along the way we stopped for lunch and a leg stretch in Berrima which was very pretty.
We arrived at the Mountain Heritage Hotel and Spa at about 4:30pm. The grounds and the building are lovely and the room size is very good.
The first thing we did after a brief wander around the local area was fill up the private spa bath with far too many bubbles!
After a relaxing spa bath and some red wine, we had our New Year’s Eve dinner at the Jamison Views Restaurant. While the view was nice, the food was spectacular and the guy playing piano for all the diners was also pretty amazeballs.
We saw in the new year while watching the Sydney fireworks on ABC.
January 1st saw us enjoying a lazy lay in and then heading off for a couples massage at Yindi Day Spa. Lunch was nothing worth mentioning, needless to say we will NOT be revisiting Katoomba RSL. The day spa was lovely with a mud run, steam bath and one hour essential oil massage each. Pricing was good too – I recommend these guys over the designer spas attached to the local hotels.
Dinner was at Darley’s which is a gorgeous little restaurant down near Echo Point lookout. I got so excited about the food I forgot to take photos but I highly recommend the duck. And the veal. And the tortellini. Actually…just go the degustation. I have included a photo of one of the courses – it was a mini vegetable garden on my plate!
Darley’s restaurant
After dinner we finished off the evening with a short walk and some nice photos at the lookout point.
Tomorrow: scenic world, Katoomba Falls and the skyway! Then back home.
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