 The
Blue Mountains, a World Heritage site west of Sydney, get their name
from the bluish haze (created by the oils of the eucalyptus trees) that
often hovers over them. The mountains began forming more than 350
million years and their upper layers of sandstone resemble those of
Arizona’s Grand Canyon. Aboriginal people have lived there for some
22,000 years. The Blue Mountains encompass a network of rivers and
streams with numerous waterfalls, many types of forests, and some 400
animal species—mostly birds, but also marsupials such as quolls,
wombats and wallabies. We were fortunate to have three days of sublime
views in the cold, clear weather. |
