Strange pose

Day 12 Blue Mountains

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November 8th 2013
This was an organised trip so 8.15 saw us standing outside the hotel waiting for our pickup in a minibus. We booked with Oz Trails as their schedule missed out the zoo which we weren't fussed about. Real mixed bag on the trip - we had Fins, Indonesians, Irish, Japanese, Americans as well as us Brits. First stop was a bit random (by the parramatta river where the rowing took place at the Syd ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Katoomba

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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