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bit disconcerting. As I mentioned in the first article on the trip, we went to the Blue Mountains. We had our misconceptions about Australia.
The stories of the First Fleet of convicts in the late 18th century had focused on the difficulty of settling the outback, the heat and the problems of starting an agricultural community. Once peoVle
traveled into the mountains
they found a valley
\that in size rivals the
v Grand Canyon.
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