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BMATA: the tourism oligopoly that ate itself
Bad Attitudes in the Mountains, Mountains Tourism Oligopoly
By Flex / September 29, 2020

BMATA: the tourism oligopoly that ate itself

There once was an outfit dubbed BMATA, which grew out of failed BMLOT, which grew out of BMAA, which grew...

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Never a bad time for planning
Bushfires Killing Tourism, Government Disconnect from Blue Mountains Tourism
By Tour Director / May 1, 2020

Never a bad time for planning

Twenty years in the Blue Mountains region and I have been planning my own business, even before then.  Business planning...

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Don’t waste time
Bushfires Killing Tourism, Government Disconnect from Blue Mountains Tourism, Pandemic Lockdowns Killing Tourism
By Tour Director / March 31, 2020

Don’t waste time

Blue Mountains tourism particularly local tour operators such as myself have continued to suffer financial losses from the dearth of...

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Government tokenistic ‘recovery’ forum pacifies suffering tourism in the wake of another bushfire mishandling
Bushfires Killing Tourism, Government Disconnect from Blue Mountains Tourism
By Flex / March 12, 2020

Government tokenistic ‘recovery’ forum pacifies suffering tourism in the wake of another bushfire mishandling

Here we go again... Bushfires lockdown the entire Blue Mountains The widespread bushfire 'mega-blaze' disaster of Christmas 2019 that was...

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Bushfire eco-financial loss
Bushfires Killing Tourism, Government Disconnect from Blue Mountains Tourism
By Tour Director / January 29, 2020

Bushfire eco-financial loss

For the past five years I have invested in a start-up tour operation based in Katoomba in the heart of...

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Climbing up a waterfall is foolhardy
Mountains Injuries, Mountains Rescues
By Flex / October 8, 2019

Climbing up a waterfall is foolhardy

Two bushwalkers decided to take a hike down in the Jamison Valley and en route that it would be fun...

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Bus overtourism overcrowds Leura village amenity
Ugly Mass Tourism
By Flex / June 24, 2019

Bus overtourism overcrowds Leura village amenity

Fifty buses a day - huge tourist coaches and mini-buses - concentrate on retail Leura Mall. It's crazy and unfair.  ...

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Katoomba’s a bit fresh today
Mountains Weather
By Flex / May 27, 2019

Katoomba’s a bit fresh today

We've got the first snow flurry in Katoomba for 2019.  Global cooling has hit the Blue Mountains.   In fact the...

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Grand incontinence and the defecation of Dardanelles
Ferals
By Flex / April 13, 2019

Grand incontinence and the defecation of Dardanelles

Some tourists are pigs.  They defile world heritage as a toilet. Our colleague while hiking along Dardanelles Pass last month,...

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Lincoln’s Rock Selfie Tourism
Selfie Hedonism
By Flex / March 9, 2019

Lincoln’s Rock Selfie Tourism

A warped and reckless trend in Blue Mountains selfie tourism is to flaunt death at Wedding Rock on Kings Tableland...

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