The Broken Column

April 13th 2018
The Blue Mountains I think I have found my favourite nature spot in Australia. In 1788 the mountains were named Carmarthen Hills or Landsdowne Hills by Governor Phillip. However because of all the eucalyptus trees, which give off a fine mist from the oil in the leaves in a hot sun, which makes a blue haze, the mountains were renamed The Blue Mountains. We spent three and a half days in t ... 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

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Charlotte

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Hi and welcome to my blog ? I'm a girl in her mid twenties who has always loved traveling and learning things about a new country. However up until August 2016 all my travels were mainly family holidays and even though these trips were a great way to see parts of the world they aren't traveling. In August 2016 I moved to China. I'm here to enlighten you with tales about my experience in China and Asia, the adventures my friends and I got up to and teaching English to Kindergarteners. In August 2017 I started my next adventure. A year travelling around Australia. Have a read about my a... full info

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