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Blue Mountains: Blue Mountains National Park
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  • Updated By leffe3 on September 9, 2006
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  • Blue Mountains - Sydney
    by leffe3, 4 more photos
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    Approximately 2 hours to the west of the city are the Blue Mountains, a natural barrier to the westward spread of Sydney. It is a spectacular sight, and one of the easiest places to reach out of Sydney for a day trip or two week holiday, trekking through the bush. If you want to travel independently, an easy option is the train to Katoomba, from where some of the major sites (Three Sisters, Scenic Railway etc) are nearby. But many of the main Blue Mountain attractions are accessible at the various stations on this train line. See separate Blue Mountains National Park page

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    Blue Mountains: Blue Mountains National Park
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  • By martin_nl on November 26, 2003
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  • Three Sisters in Blue Mountains National Park - Sydney
    Three Sisters in Blue
    Mountains National Park
    by martin_nl
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    A two hours train ride from Sydney the Blue Mountains National Park is situated. You will not find that the mountains here are coloured blue, but there is a sort of haze coming from the eucalyptus trees that is a bit blue. Pictured you will see the Three Sisters, which is the best known attraction of the Blue Mountains. Though certainly not the only one. I will tell you more about the Blue Mountains on my Blue Mountains National Park page soon.

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    Blue Mountains: Blue Mountains
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  • By bijo69 on April 16, 2006
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  • Blue Mountains - Sydney
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    Ok, the Blue Mountains are not "off the beaten path", but they make for a great day trip out of Sydney. The train ride from Sydney to Katoomba takes about 2 hrs and you'll step out into a beautiful scenery of steep hills covered with gum trees. The name "Blue Mountains" derives from the blueish mist of oil, given off these gum trees. There are lots of great walks to be done, or for the lazy...great rides at Scenic World. Of course you can combine both... A combined train & explorer bus ticket costs 36 AU$ for a day.

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  • Website: http://www.bluemountainsonline.com.au/

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    Blue Mountains: Blue Mountains World Heritage Park
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  • Updated By M0B1US on December 6, 2003
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  • A view of the Three Sisters from the valley floor - Sydney
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    The Blue Mountains are one of the favourite tourist destinations for a day trip outside of Sydney as they are so easy to get to, being only a couple of hours away by car or train! The train is probably the main way tourists get there and a return ticket costs only AU$13.60 for a return from Central Station to Katoomba. Watch out for the bus guided tours, which cost a lot more - one of my friends took this after forgetting my advice and felt a little ripped off when he realised how much more he'd spent getting there... Once arriving at Katoomba, you can either take an enjoyable walk through the Art Deco heart of the pleasant town of Katoomba down to the main attraction of The Three Sisters, or you can take a hop on hop off Tram that does a big circuit of all the main points of interest - I say get a tram ticket, as it is an enjoyable way to see the sights! Conveniently for tourists, the main attractions are all around The Three Sisters rock formation in a sort of tastefully done 'theme park'... These include: The Scenic Railway The Skyway The Visitor Information Centre The Three Sisters The Edge Maxvision Cinema And the Katoomba Falls Reserve Of course, Katoomba is not the be all and end all of the Blue Mountains as there is a huge array of sights further afield, if you have more than just a day to explore... Please check out my Blue Mountains VT page for further information on this wonderful and easily accessible tourist mecca.

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    Blue Mountains: Leura: Hunt for the "Bored Husband" bench
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  • Updated By xuessium on July 27, 2005
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  • BoredHusbandBench@Leura - Sydney
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    This really knocked me off into hysterics. One of the shops in Leura has this bench outside of its premises and I thought the sign was hilarious. And it really hit the bullseye since my mum and sis were both inside the shop, leaving the in-this-case "Bored Son and Brother" outside waiting for them to finish their browsing.

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    Blue Mountains: Beautiful Downtown Katoomba
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  • Updated By b1bob on June 18, 2006
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  • Folks, this is really July - Sydney
    Folks, this is really July
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    After doing all that, we went into Katoomba proper to shop and to eat lunch. I wasn't up to eating at that time (11.00) because of that big breakfast at the hotel. There was almost a disaster when, just before getting in the coach again, I discovered I left my camera in the post office. Of course I picked it up before getting in the coach. What made Katoomba notable was its July celebration of "Yule Fest". They decorated the town in red and green even though Christmas takes place in December because Katoombans must not feel right celebrating Christmas in December when it's summertime.

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    Blue Mountains: Wildlife Park just outside of Katoomba
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  • By b1bob on February 21, 2003
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    Everybody except my Grandma held a koala. Unfortunately, animal rights activists have been successful in prohibiting tourists from holding koalas in the New South Wales province of Australia which contains Sydney, therefore I am thankful I had that opportunity back then. Our return trip was nonstop. The lion's share of those on the coach were asleep. I took candid photos of Gena and Tiffany (both from the Westminster group) sleeping on the coach. On returning to the hotel, we decided to take supper in the hotel restaurant. I took the prawns (shrimp) with rice and salad. After supper, I started to write 21 postcards. Because I had to go down to cancel Mr. Rath's early wake-up call anyhow, it also made sense to take my written and stamped postcards down for early mailing.

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    Blue Mountains: Blue Mountains
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  • By margaretvn on April 23, 2006
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  • Blue Mountains - Sydney
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    Get out of the city (only a short distance) and visit the Blue Mountains. This has been the home to Aboriginal communities for some 14,000 years and at first it was a formidable barrier for the white settlers. The Blue Mountains are 1100 metres above sea level at their highest point and this kept the colonists virtual prisoners around the Sydney cove area. The early colonists thought that plains for grazing and crop farming would be better beyond the mountain but repeated attempts to cross the mountains failed. It was not until 1813 that three farmers set out on a well planned mission and got to the western side of the range successfully. Since the 1870’s though it has been a popular holiday resort. In 1959 the National Park was set up ensuring the safe keeping of the area The landscape has been developing over about 250 million years as sediments built up and then eroded, forming sheer cliff faces and canyons. The mountains get their name from the oil that is released from the eucalyptus trees which causes a blue haze. There are some lovely hikes and drives throughout the park. The Three Sisters were formed by erosion and Aboriginal legend says that the rock is in fact three sisters imprisoned for their own protection by their father.

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    Blue Mountains: Blue Mountains, Katoomba
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  • Updated By b1bob on October 5, 2003
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    The following day was 4 July 1991. By then, it was no big thing being abroad on the American Independence Day because this was the third one in a row spent off the shores of the United States. In 1989, I was in Nice, in 1990 I was in Madrid, and then in 1991 I was in Sydney. We got up at 6.30 to take breakfast (the same thing as before) in the hotel restaurant. We boarded the coach nonstop to the Blue Mountains, leaving at 8.15 (delayed by women in the group from New York and from Washington, Pennsylvania). Our Australian guide, Sandy, gave us spearmint candies in honour of the 4th of July. The place at the Blue Mountains where I took the photo was a good 2000 feet (610 m.) above sea level and there were clouds surrounding the mountains like the Smokies in Tennessee and North Carolina. They are called the Blue Mountains from a bluish haze given off by gum trees growing in the area.

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    Blue Mountains: While in Sydney, you should...
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  • By Geisha_Girl on August 26, 2002
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  • Blue Mountains - Sydney
    by Geisha_Girl
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    While in Sydney, you should take a hike through the beautiful regions of the Blue Mountains. The mountain ranges really aren't 'blue.' The mountains were originally named 'Carmarthen Hills.' The name was changed because The Blue Mountains is densely populated by oil bearing Eucalyptus trees. The atmosphere there is filled with fine droplets of oil, which, when combined with the dust particles and water vapour, scatter short-wave length rays of light which project out blue in color. Regardless of the 'scientific' explanation, the Blue Mountains are worth the day trip. Its location is about an hour drive outside the metropolitan Sydney area.

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