Blue Mountains Sydney Australia

The Blue Mountains are a famous chain of mountains in the western Australian city of Sydney.Sydneys Metro expansion pushed up the ridge Penrith and Hawkesbury areas.

The Blue Mountains begin about 50 kilometers west of Sydney `s National Park Blue Mountains centre.The begins on the west side of the Nepean River and west to the beautiful Rio` s Cox.

Most of the sandstone plateaus and deep ravines can go more than 700 meters can also climb the highest points over 1000 meters level.Most Blue Mountains appear in the mountains of the blue region which is World Heritage Top a conservation area on September 1 national parks.

Blue Mountains region also includes the local government areas of the City of Hawkesbury, the City of Blue Mountains, Oberon Town and city to the west as Lithgow.

Of course, the Koori tribe inhabited areas of the Blue Mountains before the "discovery" of white settlerrs kingdom.One States famous example of the ancient art of model side Red Hands Cave Aboriginal near Glenbrook.Nearby slots are also sharp ax .

Local Koori `s mainly used two different ways to get around the hills and steep trails drove valleys.The Bilpin and the other was near rivers today River.The Cox` s were easier and advance Kanimbla Valley farms.


The early settlers believed the rugged mountains are not feasible due to the rugged terrain and dense foliage while encountered.The governor encouraged people to think in the mountains could not move to discourage the escape mentality worked several attempts.This years.

A released ex-convict, John P. Wilson, now considered by many historians have actually been the first white man to successfully cross the Blue Mountains.He also lived with local Koori `s, and returned in 1797.He is forgetting the man in the history of Australia books.

JPWilson descriptions of wilderness that supposedly proved correct later visited the scouts, but it was officially recognized at the time due to perceived differences in class and the real intention of the authorities of the time did not convincing given hope to escape. Wilson was killed by Koori s after robbing a local woman.