The Blue Mountains

The Possum who came to tea

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June 16th 2013
After a breakfast of cornflakes and bananas for me and weatabix and honey for Andrew, we did our very own tour of the Blue Mountains. First stop was was the Katoomba Cascades and Coles where we decided after a rather freezing night that we needed to purchase more bedding. We bought some rather warm faux fur throws to pad out the sleeping bags and take the edge off the chill. The Katoomba Cascad ... 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