Days 61-63: Red Birds, Black Flies, Blue Mountains 6

The dense bush in the Canyon below Echo Point

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Days 61-63: Red Birds, Black Flies, Blue Mountains

December 14th 2009
We've heard an awful lot about the many ways in which you can unexpectedly - and quite suddenly - die in Australia. If you haven't yet read Bill Bryson's "A Sunburned Country" (titled "Down Under" in Australian book stores), pick it up. You'll learn all about the snakes, spiders, jellyfish, "salties" (crocodiles that reside in salt water) and many other nasties that are waiting for you in this ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Katoomba

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

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