Blue Mountains

Oz - The Blue Mountains

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January 5th 2008
We took a trip out of Sydney to the Blue Mountains - about a two hour drive out. Was basically taken to three ot four REALLy amazing viewpoints - one of which was pretty scary as there was no barrier to stop you falling 70 feet drop down (mums - you would have had a FIT!) Was taken to a park where we were promised to see kangaroos - saw one about a mile away! Ah well. No spiders as yet ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more