Cizara Hawkmoth

Blue Mountain Bus Ride

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November 20th 2008
Hey All, it's Jordan. It's 1020 pm on Thursday night and me and dad are resting up for the Hunter Valley Winery tour tomorrow. Today was a fun day. We took a bus ride through the Blue Mountains which is about an hour outside of Sydney. It is a gorgeous place. The mountain scenery does give off a blue color, due to the oils in the gum tree leaves. The first stop on this trip was a wildlif ... 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