AUSTRALIE 2000 SYDNEY ET LES BLUE MOUNTAINS

22 Janvier 2007 , Rédigé par ALIZEE Publié dans #VOYAGES

AUSTRALIE 2000

Nouvelle Galles du Sud

La surface de New South Wales (ou Nouvelle-Galles-du-Sud), soit 801 200 kilomètres carrés (presque deux fois celle de la France), représente seulement le dixième de l’Australie. La bande littorale fertile comprend certains des meilleurs pâturages du pays et quelque 1 900 kilomètres de côtes de plages de sable blanc, d’anses paisibles, de caps rocheux, de forêts pluviales, de plantations de fruits tropicaux. L’intérieur de New South Wales est riche en déserts, montagnes enneigées, élevages de moutons, villages endormis et villes fantômes datant de la grande ruée vers l’or. Outre la capitale de l’Etat, Sydney, le New South Wales comporte de nombreuses petites villes dont deux aciéries : Newcastle au nord et Woollongong au sud. Les Sydneysiders ne perdent jamais une occasion pour aller passer quelques jours dans les Blue Mountains ou faire du bushwalking dans la Hunter Valley, réputée pour ses excellents vignobles. La South Coast, beaucoup moins touristique que les plages du nord, descend sur 550 km au sud de Sydney vers la frontière du Victoria (Le Petit Futé)

Three Sisters (Australia)

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The Three Sisters

The Three Sisters are a famous rock formation in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. They are close to the town of Katoomba and are one of the Blue Mountains' most famous sights, towering above the Jamison Valley. Their names are Meehni (922 m), Wimlah (918 m), and Gunnedoo (906 m).

The Sisters were formed by erosion. The soft sandstone of the Blue Mountains is easily eroded over time by wind, rain and rivers, and the cliffs surrounding the Jamison Valley are being slowly broken up. Formations like the Three Sisters are created when water seeps into small cracks in the rock, gradually enlarging them over time to form large indentations. Eventually, the Sisters will be eroded away completely.

Indigenous Australian Dreamtime legend says

The Three Sisters towering above the Jamison Valley. The lighter coloured orange/yellow sections indicate fresh rock, exposed by recent erosion.

that three sisters fell in love with three men from a neighbouring tribe, but marriage was forbidden by tribal law. Battle ensued, and the sisters were turned to stone by a witch doctor to protect them, but he was killed in the fighting and no one else could turn them back.

From the nearby Echo Point, a bushwalking trail leads to the Three Sisters and down to the valley floor via a set of well-maintained steel steps. The Federal Pass is a trail leading to the base of Katoomba Falls and the Katoomba Scenic Railway.

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