eco-pass radar Archives

Blue Mountains track closures are chronic

November 17, 2022

Perennial Question to the Parks Service: “Why pay for an Eco-Pass when most Blue Mountains tracks are closed for years?” ‘Current Alerts in this Area’ [NPWS Last reviewed: Wed 16 November 2022, 4.12pm] [SOURCE: Extracts: ^https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/katoomba-area/local-alerts] Closed areas: Parts of Blue Mountains National Park • The following tracks are closed Thursday 17 November for a helicopter operation to deliver […]

Sublime Chasm Exposure – club bushwalking is a feral venture beneath the eco-pass radar

February 8, 2021

We are perplexed by the thrill-seeking desire of certain bushwalking clubs to promote dangerous chasm “exposure“. Bushwalking is on-track bushwalking. Then again adventurous bushwalking clubs beg to differ, insisting that bushwalking can do whatever they want and go wherever they choose – bush-bashing through sensitive ecology, vertical rock scrambling, canyoning, lilo canyoning, rock climbing. But are such heightened hazardous activities […]