Empress Canyon

Canyoning at Empress Canyon

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December 29th 2006
Today we had one of our most adventurous days of the tour! One of the things on my list of to do's was Canyoning, and we have spent the day in the Blue Mountains abseilling and canyoning. We started off at a site near the 3 sisters, and were abseilling down cliffs of 5m, 10m and then 30 metres respectively. Having climbed quite a bit indoor recently, the abseilling was pretty easy for us ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Katoomba

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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