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Blustery Blue Mountains

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April 28th 2008
Today is Monday, April 28th and we are in the Blue Mountains about 2 1/2 hour drive from Sydney. We left Melbourne on Monday morning last week and headed to Ballarat. Ballarat is a small town that has an old Mining Village. It is similar to Barkerville but about 5 times bigger. We spent the day touring the site. They had tons of school children there dressed in period costume. These children ... read more

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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