Tangled up in Blu
author: Campbell Jeffries

Situated a mere two hours west of Sydney, The Blue Mountains are a picturesque place to escape the hustle and bustle of Australia’s largest city.

“Ay, ‘an it’s a cool, 'brit, moonlit nit,” my Scottish friend, Rob said, his words shooting steam towards the streetlights. Toni, Lisa, Brian, Rob, and myself were making the nightly pilgrimage to our Mecca: the Three Sisters, the focal point of the Blue Mountains (read: where the tour buses stop). They are floodlit until midnight. But the last two nights it had been too cloudy to see them..

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Australia's Other Reef
author: Campbell Jeffries

Dawn. A striking mess of pink and yellow haze, glistening water, the steady rumble of the boat engine, the waft of the captain smoking. But then, out of the marina, the lurch and sway, the stomach summersault, the muesli burps, and the droning reminder, ‘Just look at the horizon.’ Well, I’m looking at the burnt orange haze and I’m not feeling better, while all around me passengers stacked cheek by jowl converse, sleep and read. The Great Barrier Reef beckons but I can’t help wondering, with all this discomfort, is it really worth it?

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