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Blue Mountains

Blue Mountain village (click to enlarge)
Last weekend I rented a car once more and drove up north to visit my godfather and his wife. I had a wonderful time there.

I went onto a little road trip with my godfather, which brought us to the Blue Mountains on Sunday. It was unbelievable hot.
Blue Mountains is a skiing resort. During the summer loads of mountain bikers enjoy the steep trails. The entire area was only recently developed. Therefore, the slopes, the lifts, the shops, hotels and houses are all brand new. I still find it odd to see how these entire towns just seem to pop out of the ground in a few years over here.
Eugenia Falls (click to enlarge)
We continued our road trip west and discovered a very nice and remote place featuring a water fall.  The place is called Eugenia. That's where I took the picture below. If you click on the picture you will be able to spot some impressively grown roots. Well, in any case it was well worth the trip.

This weekend I had actually planned to go camping and canoeing, but the weather forecast put a stop to that. So, I'll be on a BBQ on Sunday. And we'll see what the rest of the weekend may bring.

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