Me & Nick

The Blue Mountains

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September 2nd 2005
Well Michael, Anne-Marie, Nick and myself took off for a weekend in the Blue Mountains. Marcus (ex Crowne Plaza) is running the Holiday Inn out in Penrith and did us a great deal on accommodation. Pity we picked a weekend that he was out of town so i didn't get to catch up with him or Debs. Arriving later than expected (and no i didn't get lost!) we had a quiet night in the bar. Well as qu ... 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