Walking in the Blue Mountains – Wentworth Falls, Sydney

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Wentworth Falls is a historic town in the Blue Mountains, about 1.5 hours by car from Sydney. It is a good one-day trip to experience and see Australia’s unique bushland with a number of well-maintained bushland paths and tracks suitable for walking, climbing, abseiling, canyoning and hiking.

The photos taken from this day trip, were from the National Pass trail a medium grade bush walk that can take up to 3 hours. It is very popular so it’s best to go early to beat the crowds and heat and enjoy the spectacular views. The highlight of this pass, is the gorgeous Wentworth Falls – make sure to pack a picnic lunch, plenty of water, snacks, hat, sunglasses and sunscreen. It’s probably a good idea to bring a light long sleeve shirt or top as it can be quite cool beneath the tree top but incredibly hot when above!

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Sculpture by the Sea 2014, Sydney

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Every year, the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk is transformed into a 2km long temporary sculpture park called ‘Sculpture By The Sea‘ which features over 100 sculptures by artists from Australia and across the world. Below are just a few of the featured artists in this year’s exhibition. If you’re in Sydney, it’s definitely worth a visit. Sculpture By The Sea is open from 23 October to 9 November 2014.

This year, the 2014 Macquarie Group Sculpture Prize was awarded to Peter Lundberg (USA), for his work ‘ring (2013)‘ – see below.

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‘Sea Anemone’ by Rebecca Rose.

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‘Evidence Based Research’ by Julie Collins and Derek John

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‘Permanent Sunrise’ by Alejandro Propato

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‘we’ by Andrew Hankin

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‘Coastal Totem’ by Carter Williamson Architects

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‘The Figure in the Landscape’ by John Petrie

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‘House of Mirrors’ by NEON

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‘Stone Baskets’ by Greger Ståhlgren

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‘The Last Resort’ by Frank Veldze & Suzanne Donisthorpe

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‘The Folly’ by Stephen King

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‘My House is Your Home’ by Ken Unsworth

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‘Overconsumption’ by Kerrie Argent

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Details of the many bottle caps that were collected and used in ‘Overconsumption’

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‘The Boot Pool’ by Ian Smith

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‘Look Who’ by Janaki Lele

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‘Morning Star’ by Ayako Saito

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‘Dark Night Shine’ by Takahiro Hirata

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‘To Take Care Of’ by Hannah Streefkerk

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‘The Chase’ by Elaine Sykes-Smith

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‘Tidal Pools’ by Elaine Miles

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Permanent Sunrise with the lifesavers in the background.

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Room with a View – Sailing around the Whitsundays, Australia

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Sailing is great fun but when you can combine natural beauty, a tropical climate, a barrier reef, azure waters and a group of islands that are the Whitsundays, the experience becomes quite unique. The Whitsundays Islands are part of the Great Barrier Reef, a Unesco World Heritage site in Northern Queensland, Australia. It has one of the most diverse coral ecosystem making it one of the most beautiful scenery above and below the water.

We rented a boat for a week in Airlie Beach, stocked up the boat with food and set off. You need sailing experience if you want to go on your own with your group, otherwise you can hire a skipper for the trip. Exploring the Whitsundays national park lives you a lot of options such as like mooring in clear blue waters for lunch, snorkelling, swimming, island hopping, soak up the views from Hill Inlet and picnicking on Whitehaven beach, one of the most untouched, beautiful white sand beach in the world. You can also hire kayaks, stand-up paddle boards (SUPs), snorkelling and fishing equipment to board onto your yacht. We sailed around Hayman island, a hotel resort, Hook island, Whitsunday island, Hazelwood island, Lindeman island and Hamilton island.

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