Category: Environment

The Birdbath

by editor | Feb 28, 2021 | Environment | 0

I remember when we could drink from any mountain stream

by editor | Jul 3, 2020 | Environment | 0

This article was published in July 2003 Hut News, the newsletter of Blue Mountains Conservation...

There’s a Fire!

by editor | Jan 11, 2020 | Environment, History | 0

Like many parts of Australia, the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney in New South Wales has...

A Return Trip to a Hidden Hawkesbury Memorial

by editor | Aug 4, 2019 | Environment, Places | 0

The Distant Candles Still Dance in the Bushland: On Discovering a Rock Engraving

by Jim | May 25, 2018 | Environment, Places | 0

In his 1946 poetry collection entitled The Dosser in Springtime, Douglas Stewart includes the poem...

Past Truths: The Indigenous Presence

by Jim | Apr 29, 2018 | Environment, History | 0

Our Blue Mountains bushland property splits into three levels as it gently tumbles from a ridge...

Lady Gowrie Lookout

by Jim | Nov 6, 2016 | Environment | 0

In early 2007 I went for a walk with my brother to some childhood haunts which I knew intimately...

A Land of Flooding Rain

by simplyoz | Oct 28, 2016 | Environment | 0

A recent trip through central Victoria reminded me of the dangerous and frightening threat posed...

A Sense of Place: Echoes of the Past

by simplyoz | Sep 16, 2015 | Environment | 0

Recently we spent the day searching for a message from the past. Hundreds of years ago the...

A Sense of Place: The Bluff

by simplyoz | Jul 18, 2015 | Environment | 0

I live on the lower Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. On most days recently, I have...

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