Waterfalls

Heading for the Hills

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December 10th 2007
Day 41 continued....Into the mist. As the train got further from Sydney and the views changed from city, to suburbia, to mountain scenery, the rain started to ease off and instead, the train was shrouded in thick mist as the sun set. By the time we reached Katoomba two hours later, it was difficult to see anything, even only a couple metres ahead. After ten minutes of walking through cloud dow ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains

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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