Thank you, Niall and Paul, for the website links; they were most helpful. We will definitely spend a day or two in the Blue Mountains. We were also considering a drive up through Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park towards Palm Beach. Any suggestions for lunch, etc? Friends have also suggested a visit to Canberra. Bill Bryson's potrayal of his visit there in his book, In a Sunburned Country, is not favorable. How unfair is he?