DOCSLIB.ORG

Walking Across the Blue Mountains-Revisited

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Walking Across the Blue Mountains-Revisited MAGAZINE OF THE CONFEDERATION OF BUSHWALKING CLUBS NSW INC. ISSN 0313 2684 AUTUMN ISSUE - FEBRUARY 2000 VOLUME 25 NO 3 www.bushwalking.org.au W ALKING ACROSS THE BLUE M OUNTAINS-REVISITED Tony Miller walk you do, our club would be pleased eaders may remember an Scripture Union Bushwalking Club to hear from you if you are interested Rarticle in The Bushwalker in doing this or a similar traverse. in May 1996 about the L APSTONE TO GLENBROOK Scripture Union Bushwalkers proposal for investigation of the feasibility of a VIA GLENBROOK GORGE continuous Blue Mountains Crossing Starting from Lapstone Station you can take the unconstructed track along the Nepean River to Glenbrook Creek and rock hop along Glenbrook Gorge. On a hot day you could enjoy a swim at Jellybean Pool or Blue Pool. This one is not a rainy weather walk. has happened. For example, a Blue G LENBROOK TO BLAXLAND Mountains Walking Track Heritage INC LAPSTONE ZIG ZIG Study was released in November The Lapstone Zig Zag is the route 1998. The aim of that study was to of a former section of railway line. identify the significant cultural Visit historic Knapsack Gully Viaduct heritage aspects of the walking tracks (built 1864), Lennox Bridge (built in in the Blue Mountains region and 1833 and used until 1970) and enjoy recommend how that significance can fine view of Cumberland Plain from be maintained. The study covers over Elizabeth Lookout. Later you pass three hundred constructed walking Glenbrook Lagoon, which I under- tracks more than 25 years old. The stand was seen by Blaxland, Lawson consultants Jim Smith and and Wentworth on 12 May 1813. There MUSEscape did a great job and the is some suburban walking to finish the NPWS launch at the Hydro Majestic day. was a pleasure to attend. The possibil- B LAXLAND TO WOODFORD ity of including a Blue Mountains VIA ST HELENA RIDGE crossing in the establishment of a This is a leg-stretcher and for national network of tracks gets a Waterfall - North Hazelbrook experienced walkers only. After taking supporting mention in the vision the track from the southern end of statement to the MUSEcape volume Walk. Ross St to Glenbrook Creek, we of the Report. followed the Bull Ant Track up to Through Confederation the pro- Scripture Union Bushies have posal was discussed with representa- and along the ridge on the northern now walked across the Blue Mountains side of St Helena Gully (you might tives of a number of the land managers twice, once via a series of day walks and Hon Bob Debus MP, Member for meet the Bull Ant Runners, a local and later in a series of three overnight running club). On reaching Bunyan fire Blue Mountains. All indicated that and two day walks. The latter perhaps they thought the concept was worth trail we turned south then took St involved more uninterrupted bushland, Helena and Oaks fire trails to looking at further. However, with lots and maybe more on that in the future. happening since including the draft Woodford. Ive yet to see the Bull Ant For now, here are some thoughts on Track on any map, so if you dont Blue Mountains NP draft plan of one possibility for day walkers to management, Grose Wilderness know anyone who is familiar with the consider for crossing the Mountains. track, consider walking from assessment and the Blue Mountains This is not a walk guide, so you would World Heritage nomination, I guess the Glenbrook to Woodford instead need to obtain appropriate maps, make (especially leg stretching!). That route concept has had to take a back seat, enquiries, be suitably equipped and perhaps awaiting consideration in a is via Duck Hole track, Duck Hole link experienced and tread lightly(in a to St Helena Ridge then St Helena and broader context. group, preferably with a club). While This is certainly not to say nothing Oaks Fire trails. Keep and eye and ear you take responsibility for any such out for mountain-bike riders. Continued on page 5 ...............................................................................................................Walk Safely - Walk With a Club ........................................................................................................................................ C OMMITTEE MEMBERS THE BUSHWALKER Contributions, letters to the editor, President - Jim Callaway (02) Mount Druitt Bushwalking Club original cartoons and suggestions are 9520-7081 (H) (02) 9219-4379 (W) [email protected] welcome. They should be sent to the The Sydney Bush Walkers Conservation Officer - John address below. Except for short notes Vice President - Alex Tucker Macris (02) 9526-7363 (H) Na- or letters, all contributions should be (02) 94514028 National Parks tional Parks Association accompanied with text file on three and Association [email protected] a half inch floppy disk in IBM format [email protected] Tracks and Access officer - or E-Mail. Advertising rates are available on Treasurer - Maurice Smith (02) Alex Tucker (02) 9451-4028 9587-6325 Sutherland Bushwalking request. Contact Richard Merry at National Parks Association [email protected] Club [email protected] [email protected] Distribution is through affiliated Secretary - Prudence Tucker Magazine Editor & Communi- clubs, major retail outlets, council (02)9451-4028 cations Officer information centres and national park [email protected] Colin Wood, Tel (02)4625-0916 H offices. National Parks Association 04148814301 Bankstown Address all correspondence to The Insurance Office and member- Bushwalking Club. Editor, The Bushwalker Bushwalkers ship secretary - Anne Plowman [email protected] NSW PO Box 2090 GPO Sydney 1043. (02)9747-1346 Training officer - Peter Mullens E-mail [email protected] The Confederation of Bushwalking [email protected] [email protected] Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Clubs NSW Inc represents approxi- mately 67clubs with a total membership officer - Keith Maxwell (02) 9622- over 10,000 bushwalkers. Formed in 0049 Pager 016020 #277321 1932, the Confederation provides a 2 2 united voice on conservation and other issues, runs training courses for mem- I N THIS ISSUE bers, and provides for the public a free wilderness search and rescue service. Walking across the Blue Mountains Revisited 1 People interested in joining a bushwalking club are invited to write to the Secretary Bushwalkers NSW at The Bushwalker Walking in The Tiger Leaping Gorge .3 the above address for information on clubs in their area. Letters to the Editor .. 7 Or web site www.bushwalking.org.au Along The Track Access to Bonnum Pic 8 Prices for advertising Back cover $450 - full page inside Is The Coffee Filtered? .. .11 back cover $400 - full page inside $350 - half page $175 - quarter page $90 business card size $50 insert $250 Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Exercise: .. ..12 +insertion cost approx $90. Deadlines for magazine Book Review .. .12 Summer edition, 2nd week in October- Autumn 2nd week in January Heavy Metal Garbage .12 - Winter, 2nd week in April - Spring, 2nd week in July Abseiling at MountPortal . .13 T HEB USHWALKER Whats in the vaults? - is the magazine of the Confed- eration of Bushwalking Clubs reconstructing a picture of past environments ...................14 NSW Inc. It's published quarterly. The aim of the magazine is to Callendar of Events 16 provide articles and information of interest to the members of clubs affiliated with the Confederation Capertee a Poem By D Lawry ..18 and Bushwalkers generally. Any opinions expressed by individual Book review 18 authors do not always represent the official views of the Confederation. Walk Safely - Walk With a Club................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................. W ALKING IN THE TIGER LEAPING GORGE In YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA October I Marjory Kirk reached the village of HaBa and our was part of WEA Ramblers guest house. Chinese style buildings own language and picture writing - quite a group of round a court yard, outbuildings round different from Chinese. Intrepid two sides with grain, animals and so on. The next morning we were up early Walkers who Basins of hot water were provided for us to start the first day of our walk. Unfor- tackled The to wash in our rooms. The toilet had the tunately I had not been well in the night, Tiger Leaping usual view over a cliff, but the beds were and was suffering from the dreaded Gorge (approx. warm and comfortable with a cotton stomach problems to which visitors are 40K) in the upper doona for covering. Our hostess and subject in that part of the world, but reaches of the Yangtze River, Yunnan. helpers provided a delicious meal for the there was no option but to put my best Our walk started from a tiny village party, but I just kept to rice. I shared a foot forward and carry on. We were a called Bai Shui Tai which was reached downstairs room with our guides in party of 15 in all, including our leader, by a 5 hour bus ride from the city of preference to an upstairs room with the Naxi guide Sean and his Australian Zhongdian - a high cold city in the other members of our party. Chinese wife Margot, so a small horse and driver mountains. The bus ride was very homes have two storeys, and most have was hired to carry our water and other scenic, through quite amazing mountain folding doors opening to the courtyard. supplies for the days Up early again next morning, and a trek.I was thankful that breakfast of very tasty noodles was my pack could go on provided. Our guides had located a the little horse too. truck going part of the way to their Our course was guest house at Walnut Garden, which along the main road at was to be our next destination, and for a first, then down steeply fee of 100 Yuan, about $20, the driver into the valley through 3 agreed to take Margot and I, and also The Bushwalker a quaint little village, some of luggage, on to the guest house winding our way down in the Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Wolgan Valley DISCOVERY TRAIL
    Wolgan Valley DISCOVERY TRAIL Following this Discovery Trail Drive summary leads to a spectacular return • 35km (one way), • 1hr to drive (one way) drive down the mighty, cliff- • Highway, narrow sealed roads, unsealed roads (dry weather only) • Start: Lidsdale (on The Greater Blue Mountains Drive) bound Wolgan Valley to the • Finish: Newnes historic Newnes industrial • Alerts!: Narrow, winding roads unsuitable for carvans. Wolgan Valley road is also unsuitable in wet conditions. area in Wollemi National Park. � ������ � Highlights along the way � ��������� � include Blackfellows Hand Rock � ������ � � ��������� � ������ and Wolgan Valley scenery. � ����� ������ �� Route Description ������ ��� ������ From Lidsdale, a small village north of ������ ������������� ���� Lithgow on the Castlereagh Highway (also ���� The Tablelands Way and The Greater Blue � �� ������ ������ � Mountains Drive), take the sealed Wolgan � �� � � �������� � � � � � Road on the right. � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �� � � It travels through the valley of the upper � � � � � � � � Coxs River to Wolgan Gap and a very steep � � � � � � � � � � and winding descent into the Wolgan � � � � � Valley. Just before the gap, a small unsealed �� � � ������������� �� � � � � � � road on the right leads one kilometre to �� � � � � � � � � a short walk to Blackfellows Hand Rock, � � � � � � � � � � � � where Aboriginal stencil art can be viewed. ���������� � � � � � � �� Continue on the road through the Wolgan � � ������������ Valley which is mostly unsealed with some � � ���������
    [Show full text]
  • GBMWHA Summary of Natural & Cultural Heritage Information
    GREATER BLUE MOUNTAINS WORLD HERITAGE AREA Summary of Natural & Cultural Heritage Information compiled by Ian Brown Elanus Word and Image for NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service November 2004 CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2 2. Essential Facts 3 3. World Heritage Values 5 4. Geography, Landscape and Climate 6 5. Geology and Geomorphology 8 6. Vegetation 13 7. Fauna 15 8. Aboriginal Cultural Heritage 16 9. Non-Aboriginal Cultural Heritage 18 10. Conservation History 20 11. Selected References 24 Summary of Natural and Cultural Heritage Information Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area November 2004 1 1. INTRODUCTION This document was prepared as a product of the Interpretation and Visitor Orientation Plan for the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. It is intended primarily as a summary reference of key information for use by those who are preparing public information and interpretation for the world heritage area. It is not intended to be fully comprehensive and anyone requiring detailed information on any topic is encouraged to refer to the list of selected references and additional material not listed. It is also recommended that all facts quoted here are checked from primary sources. A major source for this document was the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area Nomination (see reference list), which is a very useful compendium of information but of limited availability. All other key sources used in compiling this summary are listed in the references, along with some other useful documents which were not consulted. Some items of information contained here (eg. total area of wilderness and comparisons with other east coast wilderness areas) have been derived from original research for this project.
    [Show full text]
  • Report on Kings Tableland Wentworth Falls
    ENCLOSURE REPORT ON KINGS TABLELAND WENTWORTH FALLS Compiled by City Planning Branch November 2006 File:C07886 City Planning Branch - November 2006 Page 1 of 33 File: C07886 1. Background At the 21 March 2006 Council Meeting a Notice of Motion was put before the Council on the Kings Tableland Plateau, Wentworth Falls. As a result the Council resolved: That a report be submitted to Council on the Kings Tableland Plateau, Wentworth Falls, with particular reference to the Queen Victoria Hospital site, such report to address the following: • adequacy of zoning and other planning controls; • preservation of environmental and cultural values in this unique area • protection of the surrounding world heritage areas; • protection of nationally endangered and regionally significant Blue Mountains swamps and the identification of adequate buffer areas; • protection of significant communities and species (both flora and fauna); • protection of indigenous sites and values; • assessment of the heritage values of the Queen Victoria buildings; • assessment of bushfire history and the risk to existing and potential future development; and • consideration of suitable size and location of any future development on Kings Tableland. (Minute No. 517, 21/03/06) This Report (Report on Kings Tableland, Wentworth Falls) has been prepared in response to the above Council Resolution. The Report is structured into ten parts: 1. Background 2. Introduction to the Kings Tableland 3. Values of Kings Tableland including environmental, cultural, social and economic 4. Current land use in the Kings Tableland 5. Risks, including bushfire 6. Current threats to the values of Kings Tableland 7. Future development and the adequacy of current planning controls 8.
    [Show full text]
  • Kings Tableland Walk
    Kings Tableland Walk 45 mins Easy track 2 1.6 km One way 40m Used as an Aboriginal Gathering Place for 14,000 years, the Kings Tableland walk goes through one of the most historically important areas in the Blue Mountains. Along the escarpment through dry scrub, this is a living demonstration of the surviving nature of the Australian bushland. A short trip out to Rocket Point caps off this walk with fantastic views of Wentworth Falls. 877m 843m Blue Mountains National Park Maps, text & images are copyright wildwalks.com | Thanks to OSM, NASA and others for data used to generate some map layers. Are you ready to have fun? over the valley (but not of the falls). From the view, the walk Please ensure you and your group are well prepared and follows the stone steps down along the rock face to soon come equipped for all possible hazards and delays. Check park to an intersection just before the large rock archway at the closures, weather information and Fire Danger Rating before 'Rocket Point Lookout' sign. setting out. Optional side trips and alternate routes noted are Continue straight: From the intersection, this walk follows not included in this walks overall grade, length or time 'Rocket Point Lookout' sign, keeping the rock face to the right. estimate. Please allow extra time for resting and exploring Soon the track leads to the fenced and signposted 'Rocket areas of interest. The authors, staff and owners of wildwalks Point Lookout' and its great views of Wentworth Falls and take care in preparing this information but will not accept surrounding valley.
    [Show full text]
  • The Native Vegetation of the Nattai and Bargo Reserves
    The Native Vegetation of the Nattai and Bargo Reserves Project funded under the Central Directorate Parks and Wildlife Division Biodiversity Data Priorities Program Conservation Assessment and Data Unit Conservation Programs and Planning Branch, Metropolitan Environmental Protection and Regulation Division Department of Environment and Conservation ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CADU (Central) Manager Special thanks to: Julie Ravallion Nattai NP Area staff for providing general assistance as well as their knowledge of the CADU (Central) Bioregional Data Group area, especially: Raf Pedroza and Adrian Coordinator Johnstone. Daniel Connolly Citation CADU (Central) Flora Project Officer DEC (2004) The Native Vegetation of the Nattai Nathan Kearnes and Bargo Reserves. Unpublished Report. Department of Environment and Conservation, CADU (Central) GIS, Data Management and Hurstville. Database Coordinator This report was funded by the Central Peter Ewin Directorate Parks and Wildlife Division, Biodiversity Survey Priorities Program. Logistics and Survey Planning All photographs are held by DEC. To obtain a Nathan Kearnes copy please contact the Bioregional Data Group Coordinator, DEC Hurstville Field Surveyors David Thomas Cover Photos Teresa James Nathan Kearnes Feature Photo (Daniel Connolly) Daniel Connolly White-striped Freetail-bat (Michael Todd), Rock Peter Ewin Plate-Heath Mallee (DEC) Black Crevice-skink (David O’Connor) Aerial Photo Interpretation Tall Moist Blue Gum Forest (DEC) Ian Roberts (Nattai and Bargo, this report; Rainforest (DEC) Woronora, 2003; Western Sydney, 1999) Short-beaked Echidna (D. O’Connor) Bob Wilson (Warragamba, 2003) Grey Gum (Daniel Connolly) Pintech (Pty Ltd) Red-crowned Toadlet (Dave Hunter) Data Analysis ISBN 07313 6851 7 Nathan Kearnes Daniel Connolly Report Writing and Map Production Nathan Kearnes Daniel Connolly EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report describes the distribution and composition of the native vegetation within and immediately surrounding Nattai National Park, Nattai State Conservation Area and Bargo State Conservation Area.
    [Show full text]
  • Hut News September 2020 Reduced 6
    Hut News Issue no. 384 September 2020 Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc. HUT NEWS Nature conservation saves for tomorrow Blue Gum Forest - a threatened future, part 2 Wyn Jones Our walk continued into Blue Gum Forest through the years yet to wither and die. Part of me promised these trees stripped of leaves by a hot burn, heading west magnificent trees AND the valley that they should not where the understory was completely burnt. The trees suffer another fire, for this forest is my soul, your soul, were shedding bark which protected them from our heritage. killing heat. Blue Gums have about 1-2 cm of smooth bark to protect them from too much heat, though it is Climbing up Perrys Track, I fought sadness and not enough to prevent epicormic bud death, I suspect. elation, step after step. With my friends in 2006, I had measured 2000 of these forest trees, which included And as we have seen before, many of the large trees the giants and the saplings risen from the fire before showed little or no epicormic growth on most of the 2006. The giants included a few, very old warrior trees. trunk, the crown being the only part which was Yet most are now gone, or are going. We must greening up. Taking lunch at my most favourite spot measure them again though this will be a forensic by the river, my past self conversed with the reality of analysis of the forest, one which will be handed on to the present: for this place had changed.
    [Show full text]
  • Hut News August2 2020
    Hut News Issue no. 383 August 2020 Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc. HUT NEWS Nature conservation saves for tomorrow Blue Gum Forest - a threatened future Wyn Jones Wyn Jones submitted a formal report to the NPWS after a permitted visit to Blue Gum Forest in April 2020 with friend Richard Delaney. This is the seventh time the Blue Gum Forest, and the Upper Grose Valley has burnt in 60 years. It is more frequently burnt than almost any other place in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. The state of the forest is unlike that seen by anyone before. Why? The combination of climate change, drought, fire and flood has probably never occurred like this before. We must ensure it never happens again. We must provide a history of this place for all people to witness and renew each year, and for each new generation of trees and humans. ‘As I walked down the last slope towards Blue Gum not so eroded from the January cloud fall, a torrent of Forest I heard a gasp in the quiet, a drawn breath water from the sky of a ferocity previously unknown. whose sound floated past the tree skeletons and was And yet, today’s descent had been personally lost in the valley walls beyond. If I have walked here unremarkable, with few physical impediments, fallen once, I have walked here a hundred times. And each trees, rock falls or loose step treads. This was in time it is different. But nothing has ever changed this contrast to our post-fire experience of 2006.
    [Show full text]
  • Echo Point to Katoomba Falls (Dharug & Gundungurra Country)
    Echo Point to Katoomba Falls (Dharug & Gundungurra Country) 1 h 45 min to 3 h 3 3.3 km ↑ 403 m Moderate track Return ↓ 403 m From one magnificent lookout to more magnificent lookouts of the Jamison Valley, this walk just gets better as it heads from the highly popular Echo Point, to Katoomba Falls. Hidden below Katoomba Park these falls are enchanting to watch as the water cascades down the rocks and along the stream. From here, the walk continues for a short distance to another great lookout before returning to Echo Point. Let us begin by acknowledging the Dharug & Gundungurra people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we travel today, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. 960 944 928 912 896 880 0 m 1 km 85 m 335 m 500 m 670 m 170 m 250 m 920 m 420 m 590 m 760 m 840 m 5.2x 1.1 km 1.2 km 1.3 km 1.3 km 1.4 km 1.5 km 1.6 km 1.7 km Class 3 of 6 Formed track, with some branches and other obstacles Quality of track Formed track, with some branches and other obstacles (3/6) Gradient Gentle hills with occasional steps (2/6) Signage Directional signs along the way (3/6) Infrastructure Limited facilities, not all cliffs are fenced (3/6) Experience Required No experience required (1/6) Weather Weather generally has little impact on safety (1/6) Before you start any journey ensure you; • Tell someone you trust where you are going and what to do if you are late returning • Have adequate equipment, supplies, skills & knowledge to undertake this journey safely • Consider weather forecasts, park/track closures & fire dangers • Can respond to emergencies & call for help at any point • Are healthy and fit enough for this journey Share If not, change plans and stay safe.
    [Show full text]
  • HUT NEWS Issue No
    Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc. Issue No. 333 HUT NEWS February 2016 “Nature Conservation Saves for Tomorrow” FEATURE DOCUMENTARY BLACK HOLE THURSDAY, 25th February, 7 pm Transforming a Forest into a Coal Mine at the CONSERVATION HUT, Wentworth Falls BLACK HOLE is an intensely riveting Have you joined the Society recently and exposé of the ongoing battle to save would like to meet other members? the last of an endangered woodland Are you a long-standing member who forest from being cleared to make way would like to get to know and exchange to one of the largest open cut coal ideas with some of our newer recruits? mines in production in Australia. Are you thinking about joining the Society, The Leard State Forest has stunning but would like to know more about it? old growth box-gum woodland and is considered a national biodiversity Then this special evening is for you. hotspot. In total the mines would turn You are invited to join us over a cuppa and share one of the best sunset 3500 hectares of forest into an open- views to be had in our glorious Blue Mountains. (The views are fantastic, cut mine pit. even without a sunset!) The campaign to save it is a piece of Meet old and new friends ... meet some of the Society’s management Australian history, being spoken in the committee and find out what they have been doing over the past year; find same breath as iconic environmental out how you can get involved. campaigns in Australian history, such The Conservation Hut is in the Blue Mountains National Park at the end of as the Franklin River Blockade in Fletcher Street, Wentworth Falls.
    [Show full text]
  • Sewage Treatment System Impact Monitoring Program
    Sewage Treatment System Impact Monitoring Program Volume 1 Data Report 2019-20 Commercial-in-Confidence Sydney Water 1 Smith Street, Parramatta, NSW Australia 2150 PO Box 399 Parramatta NSW 2124 Report version: STSIMP Data Report 2019-20 Volume 1 final © Sydney Water 2020 This work is copyright. It may be reproduced for study, research or training purposes subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgement of the source and no commercial usage or sale. Reproduction for purposes other than those listed requires permission from Sydney Water. Sewage Treatment System Impact Monitoring Program | Vol 1 Data Report 2019-20 Page | i Executive summary Background Sydney Water operates 23 wastewater treatment systems and each system has an Environment Protection Licence (EPL) regulated by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA). Each EPL specifies the minimum performance standards and monitoring that is required. The Sewage Treatment System Impact Monitoring Program (STSIMP) commenced in 2008 to satisfy condition M5.1a of our EPLs. The results are reported to the NSW EPA every year. The STSIMP aims to monitor the environment within Sydney Water’s area of operations to determine general trends in water quality over time, monitor Sydney Water’s performance and to determine where Sydney Water’s contribution to water quality may pose a risk to environmental ecosystems and human health. The format and content of 2019-20 Data Report predominantly follows four earlier reports (2015-16 to 2018-19). Sydney Water’s overall approach to monitoring (design and method) is consistent with the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC 2000 and ANZG 2018) guidelines.
    [Show full text]
  • August 2014 “Nature Conservation Saves for Tomorrow”
    Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc. Issue No. 317 HUT NEWS August 2014 “Nature Conservation Saves for Tomorrow” Blue Mountains Conservation Society presents Blue Mountains Wild River ... The Wollangambe Sunday 17th August, 2pm Wentworth Falls School of Arts (Cnr Great Western Highway and Adele Avenue) The Wollangambe River is just to the north of Mt. Wilson and for most of its 57km length it is within the World Heritage Blue Mountains and Wollemi National Parks, and the Wollemi Wilderness. Our August meeting is about the beauty of this river and the beast that threatens it. Andy Macqueen will talk about the river from an historical and geographical perspective. Dr Ian Wright and Nakia Belmer will provide a “state of health” of the river. And all of this will be accompanied by glorious images from Ian Brown and Society members. Read more on page 5. Visitors are very welcome. Photos: Wild River gorge, by Ian Brown; Ian Wright take samples to test the health of the river, by Nakia Belmer. BMCS NURSERY PLANT SALES Threatened Species Day Yabbies on the menu! Lawson Nursery, Wednesday Threatened Species Day, 7th September, The Little Pied Cormorant is a and Saturday mornings, 9am to commemorates the death of the last regular visitor to the duck pond in noon. Thylacine (Tasmanian tiger - Thylacinus the Blackheath Memorial Park. The nursery is located in the cynocephalus) at Hobart Zoo in 1936. He rests on one of his favourite Lawson Industrial Area on the Events are held nationally throughout rocks. corner of Park and Cascade September - Biodiversity Month. Streets, opposite Federation Changes to the landscape and native Building Materials - see map on our website habitat as a result of human activity have www.bluemountains.org.au).
    [Show full text]
  • Journal 3; 2012
    BLUEHISTORY MOUNTAINS JOURNAL Blue Mountains Association of Cultural Heritage Organisations Issue 3 October 2012 I II Blue Mountains History Journal Editor Dr Peter Rickwood Editorial Board Associate Professor R. Ian Jack Mr John Leary OAM Associate Professor Carol Liston Professor Barrie Reynolds Dr Peter Stanbury OAM Web Preparation Mr Peter Hughes The Blue Mountains History Journal is published online under the auspices of BMACHO (Blue Moun- tains Association of Cultural Heritage Organisations Inc.). It contains refereed, and fully referenced articles on the human history and related subjects of the Greater Blue Mountains and neighbouring areas. Anyone may submit an article which is intermediate in size be- tween a Newsletter contribution and a book chapter. Hard copies of all issues, and hence of all published articles, are archived in the National Library of Austral- ia, the State Library of NSW, the Royal Australian Historical Society, the Springwood Library, the Lithgow Regional Library and the Blue Mountains Historical Society,Wentworth Falls. III IV Blue Mountains Historical Journal 3; 2012 http://www.bluemountainsheritage.com.au/journal.html (A publication of the BLUE MOUNTAINS ASSOCIATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS INCORPORATED) ABN 53 994 839 952 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ISSUE No. 3 SEPTEMBER 2012 ISSN 1838-5036 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– CONTENTS Editorial Peter Rickwood V The Blue Mountains: where are they? Andy Macqueen 1 The Mystery of Linden’s Lonely Gravestone: who was John Donohoe? John Low, OAM 26 Forensic history: Professor Childe’s Death near Govetts Leap - revisited. Peter Rickwood 35 EDITORIAL Issue 3 of The Blue Mountains History Journal differs from its predecessors in that it has three papers rather than four.
    [Show full text]