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Blue Mountains

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January 2nd 2008
Whilst at the harbour for New Year's Eve, we met a lady called Julie. She lived in the Blue Mountains and invited us to get the train over there and she would show us around! We had a brilliant day and saw far more than we would have if we had got a train there by ourselves. The sights are quite spaced out so without the car and Julie, we would have only seen the Three Sisters! We began by goin ... 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