P1060932

Oz; Blue Mountains, Sydney, Byron Bay

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May 22nd 2010
... After our brilliant picnic we got talking to Tom and Vicki who offered us a trip to the Blue Mountains to stay with Pam and John. We were picked up kindly from Manly on Friday and went to meet Tom at work. We managed to miss most of the traffic and arrived at Pam's house that was perched overlooking the valley below. Unfortunately we arrived after dark and were unable to see the views. We had ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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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