Ndizibone ndilahlekile IPaki yeSizwe yeBlue Mountains , kwaye ndandingekaphumi nakwihotele yam. Ngeyure yokuqala kwi IHydro Majestic Ihotele , I-Art Deco warren ehloniphekileyo malunga nemizuzu engama-90 entshona yeSydney, idolophu yasekhaya, ndazulazula ndijonge ngamehlo amakhulu ndisuka kwindawo yemidlalo yeqonga ndisiya kolunye, ndingena kwigumbi lokuhlala elineglasi kunye nemizobo ye-quirky ukusuka kwii-1920s ezibonisa ii-knights zamaxesha aphakathi kunye ne-safaris yasemaphandleni . Kodwa naphakathi kweGatsbyesque iyachuma, yayizezona ndawo zigugileyo ze Megalong Valley, ethathelwa ingqalelo yiGrand Canyon Ostreliya kunye nenxalenye ephambili yeeNtaba eziBlue ezi-3 ezigidi-kunye neehektare zehlathi, ezazizezona zithandekayo. Ukujonga esibhakabhakeni se-atavistic - eyathi, njengoko igama lithembisile, yahlanjwa nge-azure eucalyptus haze- ndikulindele ukuba i-pterodactyl itshayele.
Indawo yokudlela yaseWintergarden ehotele iHydro Majestic. Indawo yokudlela yaseWintergarden ehotele iHydro Majestic. | Ityala: UPetrina Tinslay
Ipropathi, ehamba ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sekhilomitha kwicala elingqingqwa lamatye, yayiyeyona ndawo yokuqala efanelekileyo yokuhlola indawo yeNew South Wales enamanani amakhulu kumbono wase-Australia welizwekazi lethu elikhulu, elingenamagama. Abahlali bokuqala baseYurophu babona indawo ekrwada njengomqobo owoyikisayo, kwaye kwathatha iminyaka engama-25 ukufumana indlela enqumla kumazantsi e-labyrinthine emva kokuba iSydney yathinjwa ngo-1788. Kodwa ngexesha lama-Victorian, iBlueys yaba yindawo yokuqala yeholide yelizwe- i-Adirondacks yee-antipodes. AbakwaSydneysiders bekhangela umoya omtsha kunye neendawo ezivulekileyo baqala ukutyelela iidolophana zayo, ngamagama abo angaqhelekanga esiNgesi anjengeBlackheath neMedlow Bath, apho kwakhiwa khona iHydro Majestic. (Ngapha koko, umhloli wamazwe uKapteni James Cook wanika ilizwe igama lalo laseAnglocentric, iNew South Wales, ngo-1770 kuba wayecinga ukuba unxweme lwayo lwalukhangeleka njengonxweme lwaseWales.) Iindwendwe zisebenzisa iihotele ezintle njengeephedi zokuqalisa uhambo lwangokuya kwiintlambo ezintle, apho amahlathi amandulo angapheliyo ayenziwe ngamatye esanti kwaye azaliswa zii-kangaroo, ii-wallabies kunye nee-cockatoos ezihlala zikhona.
Govetts Ukutsiba ukujonga, iintaba zeblue, NSW, Australia Umbono ovela kwiGovetts Leap Lookout, kwiiBlue Mountains. | Ityala: UPetrina Tinslay
Ngenxa yezilwanyana zasendle ezityebileyo, ibonisa ukuba umbutho wolondolozo lwase-Australia wazalelwa apha ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1930, xa iqela labantu abahamba ngeenyawo beqokelela imali yokuthenga iBlue Gum Forest yabo ethandekayo- ekule paki ikhoyo ngoku iGrose Valley - ukuyisindisa ekugawuleni imithi . Ibonisa into umntu angayenza, utshilo umlweli wezendalo uChris Darwin, umzukulwana womzukulwana kaCharles Darwin, xa ndadibana naye ekhayeni lakhe emazantsi eentaba. Benze imbewu yepaki yesizwe, kwaye ihlala ikhuthaza.
I-Katoomba Falls, iiNtaba zeBlue, i-NSW, i-Australia Imoto yekhebula ngaphezulu kweeNtaba eziBlue. | Ityala: UPetrina Tinslay
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa emva kokuba ndifikile, ndahamba ndaya kwi-bushwalkers zangaphambili ezomeleleyo ndaza ndahamba kwiindlela ezifanayo ezazisetyenziselwa izizukulwana-okokuqala, ukwehla ngokukhawuleza kwi-iconic Sisters ezintathu, iminwe emithathu yelitye lentlabathi eligoso , emva koko uhambo lweeyure ezintathu kwiGrose Valley, indlela eyabuyiselwa ngo-2017 kwaye inika ukuntywiliselwa kwangoko endle. Ubunzulu beeNtaba zeBlue kulele iindawo zokuchithela iiholide ezidibanisa i-eco-cred kunye nokunethezeka - akukho nto ingcono kunomvuzo ophumeleleyo I-Emirates enye kunye neWolgan Valley kuphela , ebeka ubunzima kwiiprojekthi ezinje ngokutyala imithi yemveli engama-200,000 njengoko isenza kubuntofontofo njengamachibi abucala abucala kunye neemenyu zokunambitha ezicokisekileyo.
Impilo yelizwe yendalo ibonakala inkulu kwiAussie psyche, njengoko ubushushu behlabathi busenze ilizwekazi laba yintsimbi yenguqu kwimozulu. Kuhambo lwam, imiyalezo eluhlaza yaqala eNew York, apho ndafudukela khona ngo-1990. Ndiyazi ukuba ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya ixesha elide kuyinxalenye yengxaki, inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya yesizwe e-Australia, Qantas , Uphuhlise icandelo lecarbon elisisiqalo senkampani yezobuchwephesha, ngemali ihambile kumanyathelo okusingqongileyo kubandakanya ukutyala kwakhona amahlathi emvula ecaleni konxweme olungqamene neGreat Barrier Reef ukuthintela ukuqhuma kwesichumiso kwiifama. Kulo nyaka, iQantas yaqhekeza umhlaba omtsha ngokunikezela ngeekhilomitha ezihamba rhoqo kubakhweli abathenga iindawo zokuhamba, kwaye ngoMeyi ophelileyo, yaqhuba inqwelomoya yokuqala yenqwelomoya emhlabeni, isuka eSydney iye eAdelaide, apho yonke into yokubaleka yayiphinda isebenze, iphinde yavuseleleka. , okanye isichumisi. Eyona nto inamabhongo: I-Qantas ijolise ekunciphiseni inkunkuma nge-75 yepesenti ukuphela kuka-2021.
Echo Point ujonge, NSW, Australia I-Echo Point Lookout, kufutshane namatye amathathu oSisi. | Ityala: UPetrina Tinslay
Ukugqibezela ikhosi yam yengozi e-Aussie yolondolozo, ndakhwela inqwelomoya emfutshane kumantla eSydney ndaya kwiBlue Mountains 'alter ego: Byron Bay. Le dolophu yakudala yokusefa ayibonisi kuphela enye yezona zilwandle zingenasiphako eNew South Wales kodwa ihlala emaphethelweni e-caldera apho kudibana khona amahlathi emvula. U-Byron waqala ukufezekisa indawo yakhe kwi-Down Under kwiintsomi njenge-capital of hippie yelizwe, ezaliswe ngabantu abatsha abafuna ukuzinikela kwiikristali, i-yoga, kunye nezinto eziguqula ingqondo. Kwathi ke, ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1970, xa ummandla wayo obukekayo wasemngciphekweni wasoyikiswa ngokugawulwa kwemithi, amandla amakhulu edolophu abamba iintloko zamaphephandaba. Kungekudala yaba yindawo yokutsiba kwabaqhankqalazi abavela kulo lonke elaseOstreliya, abonakalisa iintambo zetyathanga balala phambi kwabaqhubi bomphunga.
I-Tallows Beach, iByron Bay, iNSW, e-Australia Amagqabantshintshi eTallows Beach, eByron Bay. | Ityala: UPetrina Tinslay
U-Byron uye wanyibilika ukusukela ngoko. Ngoku iyaziwa njengekhaya leenkwenkwezi zaseHollywood kunye nendodana yokuzalwa uChris Hemsworth. Kodwa xa ndandiqhuba ndisiya edolophini, ndafumana ihippie yayo ingatshintshiyo: umqondiso oqingqiweyo owenziwe ngomthi ekungeneni kwedolophu ukhuthaza iindwendwe ukuba zivuye. Yehlisa isantya. Phola phandle. kwaye ilandelwe sisilumkiso esidanyazayo: jonga ii-koalas-indawo yazo yokuhlala iyanyamalala. Ndingene ehotele eyaziwayo ebizwa ngokuba yi-boutique Raes kwiiWategos . Yayiyimpendulo enganxibanga zihlangu elunxwemeni kwiHydro Majestic, indlu emhlophe eqaqambileyo eyathi, ngo-1994, yaguqulwa yaya kwigumbi lokungenela elinobunewunewu obucace gca baseMorocco ngoku ihlaziyiweyo ngoku. Ipropathi enezinto ezisixhenxe kulapho oothixo babezokuya khona ngeholide- okanye ubuncinci uKeith Richards kunye noTom Cruise, bobabini ababekade bezindwendwe. Ndavula ipatio yam endandiyisongele ukuze ndithambeke ngenxa yokuntlitheka emanzini, emva koko ndalandela umzila wonxweme kangangemizuzu eli-10 ukuya kwivenkile evulekileyo evulekileyo, ndibone ukubuyela umva kunye namahlengethwa ahamba endleleni.
Raes kwiiWategos, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia Igumbi lokutyela eRaes kwihotele yaseWategos, eByron Bay. | Ityala: UPetrina Tinslay
Apho ndadibana noonogada bendawo uLiz Dorgan kunye noMatt Wiseman, bandinika uthotho lwendlela umzabalazo wolondolozo lwama-70 wakhokelela ngayo ekudalweni kwenethiwekhi iipaki zesizwe kwilizwe elirhabaxa elijikeleze iByron, indawo eyaziwa njengeMilambo yoMntla. Yindawo eshushu yendalo, uDorgan unomdla. I-caldera inyuka i-3,600 yeenyawo, ke unazo ezi ndawo zikhwankqisayo, iingxangxasi ezinkulu, kwaye, enkosi ngomhlaba otyebileyo wentaba-mlilo, amahlathi emvula anemithi enqabileyo efana ne-Antarctic beech. Baye bandikhomba kolona hlobo lufikelelekayo lwentlango eluhlaza yokunyuka ngosuku: iMinyon Falls, kwi Ipaki yeSizwe yasebusuku .
Emva kwemizuzu engama-90 ndigqitha kwiivenkile zasemaphandleni ezithengisa iibhulukhwe ezibomvu ezenziwe nge-velvet kunye neetayi zalapha ekhaya, bendikhwela kwindlela engatyibilikiyo yentaba kwitonela yefern kunye nemidiliya. I-Minyon Falls inyuka i-330 yeenyawo ngaphezulu kwengxondorha eyayisakuba yinxalenye ye-volcano yakudala, kwaye ukunyuka ukuya ezantsi kwisiseko sayo kukhokelele kwindawo yokubhukuda yendalo egcwele amanzi e-crystalline, egqibeleleyo yokuntywila. Ukunyuka bekungaphezulu kokuzilolonga, kodwa kanye njengabahambi eVictorian kwiiNtaba eziBlue ngebabuyela eHydro iti ephezulu kunye neescones, ndabuyela eByron ukuya kuhlala kwenye yeendawo zokutyela ezingaqhelekanga ezinepatios ejonge iPacific. Ukutshona kwelanga, akukho mculo wawufuneka: kwakwanele ukumamela amaza kwaye ubukele iziphene ezidlalayo.
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