Whale Rock - on a bush walk by our house in Epping

The Blue Mountains and 'Slam! Beach volleyball’

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December 3rd 2006
We are on the move again, this time up to Epping. Epping is a very pretty, family orientated suburb to the north of Sydney, which is surrounded by bushland. It is fair to say that we are seeing more of Sydney than your average tourist, as even the locals wonder why we would live here. It appears that we haven’t got the backpack thing sorted yet. Gregor’s cousin kindly lent us her car while ... 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