Mid winter in Katoomba

A cold wind blowing from the valley hit my cheeks and head as I walking to Katoomba.
Katoomba ( Kedumba) is an aboriginal word means " water tumbling over hill ".  We see several similarity in the culture  to Ainu, which is the indigenous in Hokkaido,Japan and as was common at the indigenous habitant, they introduced  the indigenous naming into each places.

I see lots of  the original style of houses ( English colonial era ), and it suits to the area because
it made of woods and most of the houses are one storey so every houses stand  kind of hidden in their gardens.

I spotted very unusual plant.  It was like a combination of Australian native bottle brush and fern.
First I thought that they were tangled together but it wasn't.  Amazingly they flower in a middle of the winter.

could be the oldest house exist in the town??