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Grand Canyon best hiked anti-clockwise
Government Disconnect from Blue Mountains Tourism, Pandemic Lockdowns Killing Tourism
By Flex / January 26, 2021

Grand Canyon best hiked anti-clockwise

Arguably, the Blue Mountains' most iconic and accessible day hike through nature is the 'Grand Canyon Walking Track' is best...

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Achtung! Amateur hour back at Wollangambe
Deaths in the Mountains, Freeloaders, Mountains Rescues
By Flex / January 24, 2021

Achtung! Amateur hour back at Wollangambe

Wollangambe Canyon might need some more warning signage, if only people would heed the advice. Two weeks after the so-called...

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Culpably Reckless Canyoning in the Rain
Deaths in the Mountains
By Flex / January 8, 2021

Culpably Reckless Canyoning in the Rain

We read sadly that two more visitors to the Blue Mountains partaking on a canyoning trip have just perished.  Last...

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Leura Cascades landslip closure not a priority for Council
Landslips Killing Tourism
By Flex / December 31, 2020

Leura Cascades landslip closure not a priority for Council

Leura Cascades landslip closure not a priority for Council

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2020: a year of rolling calamities
Bushfires Killing Tourism, Government Disconnect from Blue Mountains Tourism, Pandemic Lockdowns Killing Tourism
By Flex / December 23, 2020

2020: a year of rolling calamities

The harbinger to a year of calamity started at 10.17pm on Wednesday 7th August 2019 when a 1.9 magnitude quake...

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Echo Point mass tourism concrete amphitheatre
Government Disconnect from Blue Mountains Tourism, Ugly Mass Tourism
By Flex / November 26, 2020

Echo Point mass tourism concrete amphitheatre

Echo Point Lookout to the Three Sisters pagodas in the Blue Mountains just keeps attracting massive government funding for expansion...

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Lincoln Rock Lookout selfies a boon for Police Rescue
Selfie Hedonism
By Flex / October 23, 2020

Lincoln Rock Lookout selfies a boon for Police Rescue

On Monday 14th January 2019, adventure tourist Isaac Ebeling decided to risk a selfie with pizza on Lincoln Rock, munching...

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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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