Blue Mountains – Coffee With Allan Cockerill…

A Weekend Of Family Friends And Photography

ByAllan Cockerill July 12, 2009July 12, 2009

And another busy weekend goes by.. We spent Saturday with family and friends, culminating with a dinner prepared by the men. My contribution was a baked vegetable soup and a whole baked Brie cheese. The cheese was pierced with slivers of garlic cloves and put in a hot oven for 15 minutes. Note: The cheese…

History

Mountain Crossing Leads To Breakout And Development

ByAllan Cockerill January 23, 2008January 18, 2009

From the time of its establishment in 1788, Sydney, Australia, was hampered by lack of space, being hemmed in by mountains to the west, and the Pacific ocean to the east. Numerous attempts were made to cross the mountains, originally named “Carmarthen Hills” and “Landsdowne Hills”, but now known simply as “The Blue Mountains”. The…