The images recorded by an adventurer in the Greater Blue Mountains of Australia

In New South Wales, in eastern Australia, there is a huge natural area that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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This area is known as the Great Blue Mountains and covers 10,300 square kilometers, an area larger than the entire Community of Madrid. This natural area stretches from the city of Sydney inland and encompasses seven national parks. Its name comes from an optical effect caused by the evaporation of eucalyptus essential oil in warm weather, which gives the mountains a bluish hue.

This area is formed by a large sandstone plateau that reaches 1,300 meters above sea level. The most common tree in the area is the eucalyptus, with up to 91 different species. Furthermore, in this place—specifically in Wollemi National Park—you can find the Wollemia, a type of pine that coexisted with the dinosaurs and was believed to be extinct until it was rediscovered in 1994 by David Noble, Michael Casteleyn, and Tony Zimmerman. Last year, adventurer and filmmaker Harmen Hoek published an excellent video of a four-day solo trek through this area:

Here you can see some screenshots that show just a small part of the spectacular landscapes that can be seen in this fabulous video:

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Images: Harmen Hoek.