{"id":1634,"date":"2021-12-08T15:34:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2023-08-09T08:14:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T22:14:10","slug":"the-blue-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/?p=1634","title":{"rendered":"The Blue Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A trip to the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vFP4CFX8SGc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Mountains<\/a> that was planned mid 2020 however it took until the end of 2021 to eventuate due to the pandemic. Nevertheless it was worthwhile, a scenic break from the city landscape with lots to offer if nature is your thing. I enjoyed the bush tracks and could have made better use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-fzmRabVEGs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cable cars<\/a> than what I did. While the visitor numbers were sparse having only just recently opened up after weeks of lockdown this just happened to be a bonus. Even the hotel looked deserted in some parts but made it more enjoyable not having to compete with crowds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bluemtns6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1640\" src=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bluemtns6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bluemtns5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1639\" src=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bluemtns5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bluemtns3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1637 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bluemtns3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trip to the Blue Mountains that was planned mid 2020 however it took until the end of 2021 to eventuate due to the pandemic. Nevertheless it was worthwhile, a scenic break from the city landscape with lots to offer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/?p=1634\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155,"href":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1634\/revisions\/2155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozvoyager.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}