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A USTRALASIA ILL USTRA TED. 



that constitute the characteristic scenery of the Blue Mountains. High rocks and preci- 

 pices, scam-d by tin- rains of ages, line the gorge on either side, while the steep-wooded 

 slopes descend to the bed of a silvery stream, which has sprung over a perpendicular 

 precipice four hundred feet in depth, scattering into the air a mist of golden spray. 

 There are three principal falls and several minor ones, all of which are easily accessible. 

 The locality is a favourite resort, and a shelter-shed is provided for picnic-parties. The 

 Falls are a public reserve, and under the charge of a care-taker. 



Burrawang and Robertson, two picturesque settlements situated on the margin of a 

 rich flat, formerly the bed of an ancient lake, are also attractive to tourists, being 

 within easy driving-distance of Moss Yale. Twenty years ago the country around was 

 known as the Big Scrub. It proved .expensive land to clear, but it well repaid the 

 outlay, being the best dairying country on the Southern Line. 



In the spring and summer, when the enervating " north-easters " leave smoke-dried 

 city-dwellers limp and gasping, all who can afford the luxury fly to the inland heights. 

 Buwral and Moss Yale, both highly prosperous towns, share between them the profits 

 of this great health-dispensing business. A few miles from Moss Vale is Sutton Forest, 

 also a favourite retreat, once honoured with vice-regal patronage, Lord Carrington's summer 

 residence being within its boundaries. Apart, however, from these considerations there 

 remain with this fortunate portion of the South the substantial benefits which good soil 



and a favourable climate 

 afford. It is a suitable 

 district for dairy-farm- 

 ing, and contributes 

 largely to the milk-sup- 

 ply of the capital. 

 Every acre of land is 

 now put to a good use, 

 and large sums are 

 being expended in ob- 

 taining the best breeds 

 of dairy -stock. There 

 is an increase in the 

 work of cultivation, and 

 the old residents are 

 being incited to emulate 

 the activity and zeal of 



the new-comers, hence farming has become fashionable, while at the same time it gives 

 cheering promise of being profitable. At one of the highest points of the Main Southern 

 Line, about ninety miles from Sydney, "is kept a herd of Ayrshires, the milk being daily 



It is cooled on the farm by being gradually poured over surfaces 



beneath which cold water is kept running. When the weather is very warm ice is used 

 in the railway-cars in which are placed the cans, and there are stores artificially refrigerated 

 the metropolitan end. By this system, originated by the late Mr. Thomas Sutcliffe 

 Mort, Sydney is now most successfully supplied with pure country milk. 



THE RESIDI.M K OF I.OKI) CAKklMiTOX AT SUTTON FOREST. 



