NPWS (Parks Service) plagiarises Nature Trail’s copyright logo

Nature Trail is frankly gobsmacked to recently discover that its copyright logo (and pending registered trademark) has been plagiarised; that is copied and used by someone else for their own purpose and benefit.  And without asking us. Disturbingly, the plagiarism seem to been from a combination of bloody government and sadly a local artist of Aboriginal ancestry who’s artwork has […]

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Megalong Valley Closed

Below is the magical Megalong Road that takes one down into the ‘Megalong’…meaning “valley below the rock“. When you arrive at the valley’s floor, you can then look back up to the escarpment and appreciate this naming by its ancient Aboriginal custodians.   For this particular reconnoitre trip to what we call ‘Megalong Glen‘ back on Friday 14th January 2022, […]

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Wentworth Falls Retail Shutdowns including Conservation Hut

Bushfire disaster destroying the Blue Mountains World heritage ecology by government neglect then decreeing a blanket shut down of all visitation was just the start from 10th November 2019.  It was the worst carbon particulate pollution event in New South Wales history, perhaps for millennia.   This was immediately followed the China coronavirus global pandemic and the abject failures of […]

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Blue Mountains Council’s ‘love local’ hypocrisy towards local businesses

The disconnect between government and local small business is stark, perhaps most tangibly in the Blue Mountains between Council and tourist reliant retailers of the upper Blue Mountains. Retailers need to beware of visits from smiling council PR staff, but don’t mention the word ‘COMPENSATION’.   Blue Mountains business retailers endure inflated rents due to the ever-increasing Council rates imposed […]

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