On route to Jenolan Caves, The Blue Mountains, Australia

Entering the Entrance via the Blue Mountains

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August 27th 2007
Okay, we're at some place called The Entrance which I think is such a bizarre name for a place. For miles (or kilometers) you drive towards the highway with signs promising, "The Entrance" (drumroll). As it turns out, it's a bridge that connects one spit of land to another... As I said, we got here via The Blue Mountains, so back to that... Back on Friday, we left the Hyde Park Inn aroun ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » The Entrance

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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