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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Since Wednesday 9th November 2022, Wolgan Road has been closed due to heavy rainfall along the road pass below the Wolgan Valley Lookout, causing a number of landslips making the main road access in and out of Wolgan Valley impassable. That was more than two months ago. The Wolgan Valley is situated just about 30km north of the western Blue […]
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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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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 […]
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