The Three Sisters

3. The Blue Mountains, dehydration... and kangaroos!

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February 16th 2007
We left Sydney on Sunday 28th, heading for the Blue Mountains. Our Millenium Falcon seemed to be coping ok with the road and heat. We got to Katoomba (the main town in the Blue Mountains National Park) where we were able to take in the magnificent views of the Megalong valley, with mountains that DO actually have a blue tint. Guide books tell you this is due to the oil evaporating from all the euc ... 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