For a country in the middle of a drought, it certainly seems to rain a lot...
December 21st 2007 Ah, the Blue Mountains...about two hours west of Sydney, the Blue Mountains are so named because of the blue haze from the eucalyptus trees that often covers them. However, for most of the time I've been here, they've been more like the Grey Mountains. Or perhaps the Wet Mountains.
I'm currently in Katoomba, at the YHA. I got here on Wednesday, following an overnight train from Melbourne then a t
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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 
