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The Blue Mountains: a natural paradise just a stone's throw from Sydney

The Blue Mountains are a mountainous region and range located in New South Wales, Australia. The region is considered part of the western periphery of the Sydney area.

The complex of vast plateaus, caves and breathtaking views is enormously vast, and is part of the so-called Great Dividing Range, the largest mountain range on the continent and the fourth largest in the world.

Countless nature trails are available and perfectly maintained. The most famous are those that start from the town of Katoomba, where the rock formation called "Three Sisters" is located, which welcomes no less than 600,000 visitors each year.

The Blue Mountains: a natural paradise just a stone's throw from Sydney
The Blue Mountains are a mountainous region and range located in New South Wales, Australia. The region is considered part of the western periphery of the Sydney area.
An experience more than an excursion
Countless nature trails are available and perfectly maintained. The most famous are those starting from the town of Katoomba, where the rock formation called "Three Sisters" is located, which welcomes no less than 600,000 visitors each year.
One of the world's largest mountain ranges
The complex of vast plateaus, caves and breathtaking views is enormously vast, and is part of the so-called Great Dividing Range, the largest mountain range on the continent and the fourth largest in the world.
The Greater Blue Mountains Area
The Greater Blue Mountains Area, which also includes the Blue Mountains National Parks, was unanimously placed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO on November 29, 2000, becoming the fourth area in New South Wales to be listed.
Eucalyptus takes center stage
Most of the vegetation in the Blue Mountains consists of eucalyptus plants, which drip drops of blue oil, hence the name of the mountains. Rich in waterfalls, caves, wet places and tall trees, the region is also home to a huge amount of different species of animals.
The cities and boundaries of the Blue Mountais.
The Blue Mountains are also home to a number of towns, including Katoomba (probably the most famous in terms of tourism), Blackheath, Mount Victoria, and Springwood. In terms of practical extent, The Blue Mountains encompass a very large number of mountains, forests, plateaus and escarpments that run from the Great Dividing Range to more or less 4.8 km northwest of Wolgan Gap in a southeasterly direction for about 96 km, and end at the Emu Plains location.
The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters, these three rock outcrops that formed with this very distinctive finger-like shape, were formed due to erosion some 200 million years ago, during the Triassic, when the sandstone of the Blue Mountains was eroded over time by wind, rain and rivers, causing the cliffs surrounding the Jamison Valley to slowly disintegrate. They are one of the most visited sites in all of Australia, due in part to its relative proximity to the metropolitan city of Sydney.
These Three Sisters have a name
Each of these three rock formations has a name taken individually according to Aboriginal legend: from highest to lowest are Meehni (922 m), Wimlah (918 m), and Gunnedoo (906 m).
Aboriginal legend
The legend that is still passed down today speaks of three sisters who once inhabited the Jamison Valley, members of the Katoomba tribe. These sisters became infatuated with three men from the Nepean tribe, a neighboring group, but marriage was forbidden by the law of the time. The brothers were not happy to accept this decision and therefore made the decision to kidnap the three sisters. A great war was therefore fought and the sisters were turned to stone by an elder to protect them, but he was killed in the fight and no one else could bring them back.
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