Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains

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December 12th 2009
The day after I arrived in Sydney I went for a bushwalk in the Blue Mountains, a scenic area west of Sydney. The area was huge, requiring the use of a bus to get between the starting points of the walks. The Blue Mountains are most famous for the Three Sisters, a rock formation. The scenery was nice, but repetitive. Truth be told 2 hours on the train to get there was a long time for what it was - ... 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