The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains are just past the suburbs of Sydney. It takes about an hour to get there on the bus. On the way we stopped at Muru Mittigar, an Aboriginal Cultural Center. The mountains are not really blue; they are actually green as they are covered in eucalyptus trees. However, when this plant gives off chemicals or vapors from its leaves that go into the atmosphere and make the air look blue. In Australia these are called mountains, but they are really just huge hills made out sandstone that have been eroded over many years. These mountains are very important to the Aboriginal peoples of Australians. I learned that there are hundreds of different Aboriginal clans (or tribes) all over Australia, with different languages, music, and everything. I really enjoyed the day to the Blue Mountains.