railway, very steep!

Blue Mountains

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December 21st 2006
Me and Marie wanted to go and see the Blue Moutains so we hired a car and went off exploring for 4 days. The Blue Moutains is a huge area of beautiful scenery about a hour from Sydney. Its so amazing, the amount of space you can see of nothing is unbelievable. We went to Wentworth Falls, where there is an amazing waterfall. We then went on to Katoomba, where they have the worlds steepest railway. ... 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