Contact details for the BMCS Events Coordinator are on our Society Office Holders webpage. Most events below are organised by the BMCS. Some other conservation related events are included, with the organisers noted. For BMCS organised events current NSW Government COVID-19 rules are observed.

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The Mick Dark Talk for the Future is held to honour the late Mick Dark who gifted his family home - Varuna - to the future of Australian writing. Mick was a life-long conservationist and was president of the Blue Mountains Conservation Society for nine years and vice president for eight years. He was a life member. The talk is co-presented by Varuna the National Writers’ House and the Blue Mountains Conservation Society, and is an annual address on the environment, inviting prominent and authoritative thinkers to discuss their work on subjects that provoke and inspire.

Costa Georgiadis is a landscape architect, environmental educator and television presenter who has an all-consuming passion for plants and people. As co-creator and host of 'Costa's Garden Odyssey' for SBS, he caught the attention of a nation. Since 2013, Costa has continued his journey as the much-loved host of one of the ABC’s most iconic and Logie award-winning programs, 'Gardening Australia'. Costa is also involved with regenerative agriculture and holistic practices that deal with the issues arising from a rapidly urbanising world. From preschools to universities and community groups, he is actively involved in delivering his message to the broader community. Costa’s long-awaited book, Costa’s World, was published by ABC Books in 2022.

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This film screening SOLD OUT on 16 September. BMCS will look to hold another screening in the lower Blue Mountains. Venue and timing to be advised in due course.

The 21 September 2022 screening is hosted by, and a fundraiser for, the Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc, courtesy of Balangara Films and Dr Anastasia Dalziell of the University of Wollongong and Lyrebird Lab. Dr Dalziell will introduce the film and take questions afterwards (with Carol Probets).

No other bird on the planet can do what the Lyrebird can do. This is a film about the relationship between people and birds, set in a natural wonderland where an exquisite forest faery has been performing his astonishing song and dance routines for millions of years. It is a timeless journey of self-reflection and connection, and a call to remember to live without destroying the things we love.

For more information about the film and to watch the trailer go to The Message of the Lyrebird website.

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From the original indigenous custodians, then the colonial explorers, to the 1930s bushwalkers, to people today: how have people regarded and connected with Blue Gum Forest?

• Historian Andy Macqueen and ecologist Wyn Jones will explore these questions and ask, 90 years since the forest’s reservation, “Does it matter?”
• Glenn Meade from the NPWS will discuss the maintenance of the Greater Blue Mountains protected areas estate.

BMCS Members, friends and visitors are welcomed to this exciting event, to help celebrate the 90th anniversary of the saving of the Blue Gum Forest. This is a free event and some light refreshments will be available.
Registration is essential.

Speakers:

• Andy Macqueen OAM, holds a Masters in Hydrology and Water Resources Science and is a renowned Blue Mountains Historian.
• Wyn Jones, "Wyn’s passion and conservation campaigns helped lead the Greater Blue Mountains Area to become inaugurated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000" (Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute website)
• Glenn Meade, Area Manager, Hawkesbury - Nattai region of Greater Blue Mountains area, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service

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Lithgow’s iconic 'Lost City' in the Gardens of Stone SCA is set to be blighted with an adventure tourism theme park - what a waste of such a fantastic view!

Protest! Come to the banner drop event.

You can help by forwarding this message to like-minded supporters. Protect 'Lost City' so everyone can enjoy its spectacular beauty.

Seats in 4WD vehicles will be pooled.

This event organised by the Gardens of Stone Alliance

Lost City – why protest?

• A commercial adventure theme park style development will unnecessarily ruin views of the iconic Lost City and set a national precedent for conservation reserve.
• The Lost City Adventure Hub proposal is a political decision that flies in the face of past conservation management in the Blue Mountains -
  • The NPWS banned climbing on the Three Sisters, a sacred site;
  • Banned abseiling down Mount Banks due to impacts on scenic amenity;
  But Lost City, a superb example of internationally significant geodiversity is flagged for commercial exploitation that damages its scenic amenity.
• Lost City was formerly protected in Snow Gum Flora Reserve, a nature reserve equivalent reserve. The adventure theme park is not permitted in Flora Reserves. The purpose of reservation of a state conservation area under the National Parks and Wildlife Act is to produce improve conservation management, but not for Lost City.
• The adventure theme park disrespects the former status of Lost City and the conservation purpose of its reservation. Building dedicated platforms to suspend the zip-line would necessitate damage to unique landscape and clearing of vegetation to hang cables between platforms would cause further damage.
• The draft planning processes did not undertake a site selection process for the adventure theme park.
• A zipline could be developed outside of the conservation reserve at State Mine Gully. This would still offer an adventure-based experience and provide even greater benefits to local businesses and communities.

For more information, check out the Gardens of Stone website.

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The focus of this forum will be on the stories of flood and fire survivors. We will hear from members of our community who have been personally impacted by the fires, floods and storms of recent years. This forum will also be a chance to 'meet the candidates'. The federal candidates standing for the seat of Macquarie have been invited to listen to the local community about their experiences. At this moderated event you will hear from some of those impacted and what our federal candidates propose to do in the face of climate change.

Accessibility: Auslan interpreters will be present, the venue is wheelchair accessible
Featured musical performance: an inspiring local performer
Refreshments: tea, coffee and light refreshments will be available.

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The focus of this forum will be on the stories of flood and fire survivors. We will hear from members of our community who have been personally impacted by the fires, floods and storms of recent years. This forum will also be a chance to 'meet the candidates'. The federal candidates standing for the seat of Macquarie have been invited to listen to the local community about their experiences. At this moderated event you will hear from some of those impacted and what our federal candidates propose to do in the face of climate change.

Accessibility: Auslan interpreters will be present, the venue is wheelchair accessible
Featured musical performance: an inspiring local performer
Refreshments: tea, coffee and light refreshments will be available.

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Business will include receipt of reports, adoption of annual accounts, determination of structure of the Management Committee, election of President, Management Committee members and other office holders, and appointment of auditor.

We will also honour Tara Cameron who has been nominated for life membership. Tara has been either our president or senior vice-president since 2008.

Life Membership is conferred upon members who have made a meritorious contribution to the work of the Society and to the conservation cause.

Members will be invited to vote on this nomination.

Please register - but it's free

Here are -

• the proposed MC positions and their duties and responsibilities
• a nomination form.

[To facilitate nominations, nominees and their supporters can email the Meetings Secretary - hhull001@bigpond.net.au - and need not complete and send a form.]

Please contact Tara Cameron, Madi Maclean or Susan Crick (here are their contact details) if you wish to discuss any of the positions or are considering nominating.

Geophysicist Peter Hatherly and naturalist and photographer Ian Brown, both avid bushwalkers, will talk about their upcoming book -

Learn how the landscapes of the Blue Mountains have developed.

Their talk will introduce the main underlying principles of the formation of the mountains starting with a summary of the main geological sequence and then explaining how the weathering and erosion of these rocks, in response to three main uplift events, has given us the present landscape.

Their work combines stunning photographs, amazing maps based on airborne LiDAR data. This gives a refreshing wholistic view on how the Blue Mountains have formed.

Here's more information on Peter and Ian's presentation

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The Pilliga Project explores the many impacts of the Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Project, which has been approved to drill 850 wells in the Pilliga Forest and through the Great Artesian Basin.

This important physical and cultural landscape is under threat.

The Pilliga is the biggest temperate forest in NSW and one of the most important areas for biodiversity in Eastern Australia.

The Pilliga Scrub, as it is often referred to, is an iconic Australian landscape of over 5,000 km2 of woodland and is abundant in native wildlife including many threatened animals.

Here's a two minute video preview of the Pilliga Project.

This event is free - but bookings are essential

Hosted by the Blue Mountains Conservation Society.

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Come along to our Sunset Gathering and learn more about the Blue Mountains Conservation Society.

Please register - but it is free

Enjoy the view at sunset from the Conservation Hut at 92 Fletcher St, Wentworth Falls, with the delightful background of harp music, while you meet the management committee and other members of the Society.

There will also be short talks about Society activities.

Photos taken on the night by Susan Crick and Ann Penhallurick.

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