Bendy roots

They really are blue!

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August 30th 2005
- FOOD: Lunch overlooking the blue haze of the eucalyptus trees; pizza at Tom's and good wine. - PEOPLE: Some unfriendly train staff; tourists in a hurry; a security guard who mistook me for a suicide jumper!; drag queen hosting Bingo; Tom and Amy making me feel at home. - AREA: Double decker train to the Blue Mountains; fantastic view from Echo Point of the blueness and Three Sisters; Giant ... 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