Blue Mountains

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September 21st 2003
"If you're in Sydney, you've got to go to the Blue Mountains." -- Traveller's Perspective "Oh, they're quite boring. I wouldn't bother." --Sydney's Local Perspective So two opposite thoughts on one attraction. "I think I'll find out for myself," I thought. And I'm glad I did. The Blue Mountains are not the mountains one might imagine. They are more like big rolling hills. The beauty of t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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