Three Sisters

Sydney Blue Mountains

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November 7th 2012
It was our last full day in Sydney and so we dragged ourselves off, sniffing and clutching tissues, to catch an early train to the Blue Mountains. The two hour trip up was through the suburbs of Sydney and then the ribbon development that straddles the railway line - and so gave us no inkling of our destination. On arriving at Katoomba we were greeted with a typical mid-Oz town that suggested that ... read more

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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