The 3 Sisters

The Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia

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February 22nd 2008
We got up fairly early to catch the 8.30 train to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains (approximately a 2 hour journey from Sydney). After the problems we had getting a hotel in Sydney we decided to call a few places from our Rough Guide to secure some accommodation. After about half a dozen calls we landed a double room in high class backpackers hostel. The Blue Mountains Range forms only one part of a ... 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