Local Stories and Folk Archives

(BOOK) Wayfaring in Wollemi – stories of people in wilderness

December 28, 2017 Blue Mountains Books, Bush Stories, Wollemi National Park

by Andy Macqueen, 2017 Andy Macqueen is an engineer, hydrologist, conservationist, bushwalker and an accomplished writer of Blue Mountains history. This is his fifth book. Wayfaring in Wollemi celebrates the human side of wilderness. It presents the stories of 28 people: colonial explorers and surveyors, wanderers, cattlemen, would-be developers, adventurers and conservationists. For one reason or another they each spent a part […]

Mount Victoria eclectic – high panorama, cool rainforest, village heritage

November 25, 2017 2017, Friends of Nature Trail, Mount Victoria, Tour Yarns

Some 120km west of Sydney and at 1052 metres above sea level, Mount Victoria on the western escarpment is the highest and last village of the Central Blue Mountains before the road heads down the pass into the verdant valleys beyond. It is a charming Victorian village with heritage architecture dating back to the 1840s. It’s One Tree Hill at […]

We explored daffodils and heritage country o’er vales and hills

September 18, 2017 2017, Beyond the Blue Mountains, Friends of Nature Trail, Gardens & Nurseries Tour, Tour Yarns

How lucky are we in the Mountains to celebrate spring and be just a short drive from a host of golden daffodils – all very much inspired by English 19th Century Romantic poet William Wordsworth. So last Saturday in mid September our tour headed west from the Blue Mountains, visiting wee Rydal village and its renowned daffodil festival. As always […]

Nature Trail Launched

September 4, 2017 2017, Friends of Nature Trail, Katoomba, Nature Events

It was after much planning, preparation and investment that last Saturday 2nd September 2017 with great pleasure, Nature Trail was finally launched. Invited to the rather informal morning tea at Nature Trail Base were Anna, Annette, Geoff, Ivan, Phillip and local historian John Low OAM. John arrived from his new home in Portland and good local friends supportive of the […]

Blue Mountains Private Tours in Summer 2014

February 1, 2014 2014, Friends of Nature Trail, Gardens & Nurseries Tour, Katoomba, Practice Trip, Summer, Villages Touring and Walking

OUR VERY FIRST TOUR Tour Title: Mountains Gardens & Nurseries Tour Code: GN-MGN Date: Saturday, 1st Feb 2014 Trip Start Time: 10am Trip Finish Time: 2pm APPROX Trip Type: Morning with Gourmet Lunch Trip Category: Practice Trip Walk Distance/Grade: <100m /Super Easy Transport Distance: nil Catering: […]