Sculptures in the Blue Mountains

In the holidays I took the kids to the Blue Mountains to Scenic World. It was a lovely time and the kids were so good!

Ready to go

First we went on the Scenic Railway 3 times. (down, up and down again). It is such fun!

When down the bottom the kids liked sitting in the replica of the original Scenic Railway. They were glad that they didn't have to use that one to ride in though.

I just love the views at the Blue Mountains. Alexander liked looking at the trees.

The kids let me get a photo of the 3 siblings with the 3 sisters.

The tried to push the coal truck along the track. They decided it was too hard.

We then did the rainforest walk and really enjoyed the Scultpures that were along the path. Daniel was especially interested in them and asked me to read most of the signs about the sculptures and sculptors. They were made with recycled materials which was pretty amazing!

The first sculpture

The kids liked spotting the umbrella birds

It is hard to see but there is a sculpture of an ant mound with ants on it made out of bottle tops

Led lights nest

The owl was very cool

Eliza's favourite sculpture - balloons made out of glass

In honour of war planes

I liked the sun rays

The miners hut was transformed to have toys everywhere. The kids were so tempted to touch any and every toy

Broken tree

Ghost trees to symbolise deforestation

Daniel found this sculpture funny - a boat in the tree - symbolising global warming

duplo sculpture

We then rode the cableway, enjoying the views from the front window.

We then caught the Skyway across and the kids enjoyed looking under the walkway down to the trees below. Very cool. They were on their hands and knees to make the most of it.

Eliza started the trend of looking down

Because the kids were so good and we have a discount with our annual passes we decided that the kids could choose a toy each. Daniel and Alexander chose a kangaroo and Eliza chose a koala. They were so excited.

The next day I asked the kids if they wanted to make their own sculptures. They were pretty keen. They both first made birds, inspired by the umbrella birds.

Daniel then decided to make an ant mound out of bottle tops (like the one he saw) and then drew some ants on it.

It was really cool seeing the kids be creative, inspired by the sculptures. It was also really cool to see Daniel being creative and using his own initiative to design. This time last year he wouldn't have done that. Not without pushing and a lot of guidance. I do enjoyed adventure days.

The other funny moment was Alexander's 'I've finished eating' dance. Too cute!