Blackheath

Entering the Blue Zone..

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February 13th 2008
...one and a half months of camping and I was seriously ready for a bed. One of the best things about travelling has to be the people you meet. Yes some are crazily weird and look like they have never been home, or simply can't remember where home is. But some are simply lovely and will meet you for one night on the Mekong Delta and 3 months later you arrive in the Blue Mountains and they put you ... 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