The Three Sisters

Last days in Oz

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April 17th 2009
And so for our last quick blog from Australia. We headed up to the Blue Mountains to Katoomba for a couple of days and enjoyed the amazing views and the smell of Eucalyptus which drifted down through the forests. From there we travelled to Narabeen, north Sydney, to a campground on the beach. Nice restaurants, good surf, a salt water pool and good connections into Sydney made for a good week. We h ... 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