Me at the Blue Mountains

Caving in the Blue Mountains

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August 7th 2007
Gooday Mates! I know its been yonks (to use a good Aussie word for 'ages') since I've posted an update but as some of you may have noticed there was a problem with the TravelBlog server and all of my past blog entries (as well as the one I was currently working on) were lost....or so I thought. Thanks to the person who helped to restore them, as we say in Australia that's "heaps good!" and "Ta ... 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