Discover Australia - Blue Mountains

The Greater Blue Mountains Area consists of 10,300 square kilometres of mostly forested landscape on a sandstone plateau 60 to 180 kilometres inland from central Sydney. The area includes vast expanses of wilderness and is equivalent in area to almost one third of Belgium. The area called Blue Mountains is based on the fact that when atmospheric temperature rise, the fat of Eucalyptus globulus evaporates and disperse in the air, then visible blue spectrum of sunlight propagates more than other colors. Therefore the reflected landscape from mountains seems bluish by human eyes. The Blue Mountains is a World Heritage Site.

Anyone who travels to Sydney, Australia and has a few extra days to spare should definitely visit the Blue Mountains. Transit to and from the area only takes a couple of hours, and public transit is easy to use to get there.

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