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The Blue Mountains


Trip Day Thirty-three: Friday, October 26, 2007

View From An Overlook

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Path To An Overlook
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The Blue Mountains are really more of a canyon system than actual mountains.

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Our guide told us that the vapors coming from the eucalyptus leaves cause the blue mists that give the region its blue color. The leaves of some types of eucalyptus are acutally bluish in color.

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