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Eyes Wide Open

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February 11th 2011
It seems that everything amazing about Australia isn't just located in Sydney. Barely one hundred kilometres out of the city is an area known as the "Blue Mountains". Cascading waterfalls, dramatic cliffs and an incredible diversity of flora and fauna can be found just outside this city's doorsteps. The Blue Mountains get their name from the microscopic droplets of blue eucalyptus oil that is in t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Hyde Park

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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