[WS] Three Sisters
Photo Memes, Weekend Snapshot April 27th, 2008
Last Saturday, my husband, daughter and friends went to Blue Mountains. We left the city after lunch and we didn’t expect that Blue Mountains will be very crowded. Nonetheless, it was a beautiful sunny day and the cool breeze just made it perfect for a quick weekend get-away.
The rock formation in photo is the Three Sisters. You want to know the legend behind these towering rocks? Read on.
The Legend
The Aboriginal dream-time legend has it that three sisters, ‘Meehni’, ‘Wimlah’ and Gunnedoo’ lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe.
These beautiful young ladies had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe, yet tribal law forbade them to marry.
The brothers were not happy to accept this law and so decided to use force to capture the three sisters causing a major tribal battle.
As the lives of the three sisters were seriously in danger, a witchdoctor from the Katoomba tribe took it upon himself to turn the three sisters into stone to protect them from any harm. While he had intended to reverse the spell when the battle was over, the witchdoctor himself was killed. As only he could reverse the spell to return the ladies to their former beauty, the sisters remain in their magnificent rock formation as a reminder of this battle for generations to come.
~ Source: BlueMountains.com
April 27th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
It’s a great view. “I’m on top of the world!”….but that was Jack shouting while in Titanic, in the middle of an ocean and not on top of a mountain.
I read the legend. I wished it ended like true love conquers all and so the three sisters went back to their human form and married the guys and they lived happily ever after. But then there won’t be a majestic view such as this one.
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April 28th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Gorgeous shot and an interesting legend.
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April 28th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Great legend behind these beautiful mountains. thanks for sharing!
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April 28th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
love the photo…thanks for sharing the kegend tin
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April 28th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
nice shot… and thanks for the info.
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April 28th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I remember when i was little i went to blue mountains on my vacation to Sydney. I am sure we will visit Australia again with my hubby and son
Beautiful photo.
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April 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
amazing picture….
Mine is up too. Hope you can check it out.
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April 28th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Longing to visit one day…..it’s awesome!
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April 29th, 2008 at 12:24 am
na-recognize kaagad ni hubby yung pic even without me telling him where it is. he’s been there more than a few times, the blue mountains is a staple pasyal for visitors kasi, and his relatives always makes it a point to bring him there pag pumupunta ng oz, hehehe.
great pic, tin!
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April 29th, 2008 at 7:41 am
I have always been fascinated by Blue Mountains when I was a child since it was featured in a Reader’s Digest Book of Nature that we have. Lovely photo and lovelty story too.
Have a great week, Tin.
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