We should of done this before we hit the free bar....

Updates from Oz....

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November 23rd 2006
We finally got round to doing some proper touristy activities the other weekend and dragged ourselves out of bed at some hideously early time Sunday morning for the 2 hour train ride to the beautiful Blue Mountains - but why are they called the Blue Mountains I hear you cry?!..well the mountains are densely populated by oil bearing Eucalyptus trees. The atmosphere is filled with finely dispersed d ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains

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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