One reads with encouragement in the local Blue Mountains Gazette on 26th October 2022 that Blue Mountains Tourism is staging a Blue Mountains Tourism Exchange ’22 on 6th December in a few weeks’ time to showcase Blue Mountains local tourist attractions and operators. This initiative comes post the government-mandated socio-economic lockdowns of all visitations and economic activity out of the […]
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Tragically again, two more people have been killed by a landslip in the Jamison Valley just south of the village of Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains. Yesterday, Monday 4th April 2022, a group of tourists (a family of five from Britain) embarked on an unguided day hike along the Wentworth Pass loop track. They likely followed the UK-based website […]
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Locals be wary of politicians doing the rounds spruiking empathy for struggling business owners, garnering ideas to help, offering empty promises of recovery, jobs, ‘funding stimulus packages’, ‘evidence based solutions’, ‘SWOT analysis’ and community outreach. They’re just talkfests that swallow community input and spirit, waste taxpayers’ money, invariable end up going nowhere besides some internal report that never sees the […]
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Leura Cascades landslip closure not a priority for Council
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On Monday 14th January 2019, adventure tourist Isaac Ebeling decided to risk a selfie with pizza on Lincoln Rock, munching right on the edge. As the 17-year-old said look at me to his friends, with a pizza slice in one hand as he the stood up lost his balance and fell backwards over the edge. “I remember falling and hitting […]
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In February 2014, the Blue Mountains tourism body lost its chairman, treasurer and secretary all at once. Blue Mountains, Lithgow and Oberon Tourism with the silly acronym, BMLOT, lost its 6-year serving chairman Randall Walker, treasurer Geoff Luscombe, and secretary Wayne Cooper. Why? It was taken over by big council interests. Councillor and former mayor, Daniel Myles took over, keen […]
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