Fish platter at Darling Harbour

Blue Mountains - Day 11

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December 30th 2015
It's another early morning and today we are taking the train to the Blue Mountains which is about 2 hours away. The Mountains appear blue because of the hue given of by the eucalyptus trees which hangs in the air. We arrived at a little station called Katoomba which is 3336 ft above sea level and reminds me of the a setting from the TV program 'Little house on the Prairie'. It is so quaint and loo ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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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