ISPT Katoomba Village: greedy landlord rent-hikes force retailers broke and to walk away
Coles 'Katoomba Village' is a corporate-owned shopping plaza development in Katoomba situated in Parke Street which opened in 2012. Before...
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Blue Mountains Retail Neglect, Bushfires Killing Tourism, Derailments and Rail Track Work killing tourism, Government Disconnect from Blue Mountains Tourism, Landslips Killing Tourism, Pandemic Lockdowns Killing Tourism, Small Business Struggles
Leura Garage loss is another dead canary in our dire tourism coal mine
Leura Village is a famous hub for visitors to the Blue Mountains to quality shop and dine and to enjoy...
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Bushfires Killing Tourism, Government Disconnect from Blue Mountains Tourism, Landslips Killing Tourism, Love Local Government Hypocrisy
Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort obviously didn’t do due diligence on Lithgow {city} Council risk
Since Wednesday 9th November 2022, Wolgan Road has been closed due to heavy rainfall along the road pass below the...
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Lithgow Council complicit in ignoring the late onset of its retail ghost towns
Our drive through of Lithgow's Main Street today reveals that Lithgow's local small business retail has become a ghost town....
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QUBE derailment despair disrupts Blue Mountains Christmas tourist season
Blue Mountains tourism has suffered yet another despairing setback following the pandemic et al. This time, our only rail service...
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New South Wales under Chinavirus pandemic official lockdown – businesses, society, all citizens!
On 31st March 2020, NSW Government's then Health Minister Brad Hazzard MP was New South Wales government's 'responsible' Minister for...
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Monthly freak Outdoor Recreation accident (Richard Mills) … “a report will be prepared for the coroner”…yet again?
On a very windy Sunday morning New Zealand rock climber Richard Mills (36) with his climbing buddy tackled one of...
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Blue Mountains Tourism Exchange 2022 questioned
One reads with encouragement in the local Blue Mountains Gazette on 26th October 2022 that Blue Mountains Tourism is staging...
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Blue Mountains track closures are chronic
Perennial Question to the Parks Service: "Why pay for an Eco-Pass when most Blue Mountains tracks are closed for years?"...
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Malaita Wall abseiling death of Outdoor Rec student Oliver Carrick (20) on October 7 at the hands of TAFE
At Nature Trail, we happened to be holidaying in New Zealand's South Island at the time of this latest terrible...
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