Scribbly Gum (Alan Page)
Hut News
"Nature Conservation Saves for Tomorrow"
Hut News is the monthly newsletter of the Blue Mountains Conservation Society. You can see our large archive of past issues here
Susan Crick is the editor of Hut News. You can email Susan at susan@bluemountains.org.au.
Note: The deadline for submitting articles is the 15th of the month.
April 2021
The April edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Ngula Bulgarabang Regional Park (Alan Page)
In the April edition you will find:
- Bodington plans now available
- President’s Annual Report (Tara Cameron)
- Members' Workshop
- Management Committee March meeting
- Seeking Federal government protection of cultural heritage in Burragorang Valley (Madi Maclean)
- Media release: ’Raising Warragamba Dam won't stop flooding’. (Harry Burkitt)
- Remember the bushfires? (Christine Davies)
- Climate Action Now - changes you can make (Clare Power)
- Ramblings (Alan Page)
- Blue Trail Village Scenes 9 (Don Morison)
- About us
- Walks Program
- and much much more.
March 2021
The March edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Pink Flannel Flower (
Actinotus forsythii) (Alan Page)
In the March edition you will find:
- No zoo or hotel at Bodington Hill
- About us
- Annual General Meeting
- Dr. Kellie Leigh on GBM Koalas
- When words aren't enough (Susan Crick)
- Ramblings (Alan Page)
- The Blue Mountains - home of environmental weeds (Susan Crick)
- A proposed history of the conservation of the GBM (Susan Crick)
- Blue Trail Village Scenes 8 (Don Morison)
- Council lands to be managed as community land (Lyndal Sullivan)
- The Sunset Gathering 2021
- Walks Program, March - April 2021
- and much much more.
February 2021
The February edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Grand Canyon (Ian Brown)
In the February edition you will find:
- Helicopters are back on the agenda!
- About us
- Our new Publicity Officer, Rebecca Knight
- From the Editor by Susan Crick
- Sunset Gathering
- One year later by Ian Brown
- We do have to talk about ... Gas by Clare Power
- Ramblings by Alan Page
- The Wonders Of The Wild by Ross Bridle
- Spring in Minnehaha Falls Reserve by Meredith Brownhill
- Badgerys Creek Airport by Don Morison
- Prongdogalong Herbert the First by Mary Dolittle
- Delightful ditty by Ross Coster
- World Heritage Listing and John Howard by Ross Coster
- ‘The Weather Diaries’ at Mt. Vic Flicks
- Vale Wes Maley and Richard Lowson
- Delightful ditty by Ross Coster
- and much much more.
December 2020
The December edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Kowmung River (Henry Gold)
The December 2020 edition of Hut News celebrates the 20th anniversary of the World Heritage listing of the Greater Blue Mountains. In it you will find:
- Introductions by Tara Cameron (President) and Susan Crick (Editor)
- What is the GBMWHA - including a map and description of the parks and reserves by Ian Brown
- The Movers and the Shakers -
- Bob Debus
- Keith Muir
- Joan Domicelj
- Mark Greenhill
- Ian Brown
- Henry Gold
- The Blue Mountains Conservation Society
- and many great photos by Ian Brown and Henry Gold.
November 2020
The November edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Lachlan Garland (Alan Page)
In the November edition you will find:
- Alternative proposal for Katoomba airfield?
- Vale Lachlan Garland
- About us
- Society doings
- Opinion (Peter Green)
- Xanthorrhoea (Christine Davies)
- Blue Trail Village Scenes 7 (Don Morison)
- Native Fauna of the GBMWHA - zoom talk
- Walks Program
- and much much more
October 2020
The October edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Ash (Anna Culliton)
In the October edition you will find:
- Federal environmental law under attack
- From the President - Tara Cameron
- About us
- Society doings
- Raise your voice on climate change (Clare Power)
- Wildlife rehabilitation centre proposal (Lyndal Sullivan)
- Ash (Cathy Cavanagh)
- From the archives - Nesting Time by Graham Alcorn
- Blue Trail Village Scenes 6 (Don Morison)
- Spring Tours - Gardens of Stone
- Photographic exhibition (Chris Ireland)
- Walks Program
- and much much more
September 2020
The September edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana major) (Mark Baker)
In the September edition you will find:
- Blue Gum Forest - a threatened future - Part 2
- About us
- Society meetings
- Plant nursery
- Katoomba airfield decision reconsidered
- Move money out of fossil fuels
- Flora and fauna monitoring program
- Deaths of wombats Part 2
- Blue Trail Village Scenes 5
- A few of my favourite things
- School in the time of Covid and winter stories 10
- Walks Program
- and much much more
August 2020
The August edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Superb Lyrebird (Jill Dark)
In the August edition you will find:
- Blue Gum Forest - a threatened future
- From the President
- Management Committee meeting notes
- Welcome to new members
- Opinion
- Damned
- Switch to ethical electricity
- Blue Trail Village Scenes No. 4
- Discussing wombats
- Flora and fauna monitoring program
- Glossy black-cockatoos
- 2020/2021 Management Committee
- and much much more
July 2020
The July edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Matt Kean (NSW Environment Minister), Trish Doyle and Aunty Sharyn Halls. (Blue Mountains Gazette)
In the July edition you will find:
- Ngula Bulgarabang Regional Park
- From the President - Tara Cameron
- Climate Action Flyer
- Management Committee Meeting Notes
- Big Red - Angophora costata
- Climate Change - The Long Haul
- We Have To Talk About Tourism
- The Death of Wombats
- Viruses in Australian Bats
- Blue Trail Village Scenes
- Urban Bird Habitat in Lithgow
- A Century on Track - Andy Macqueen
- New Walks Program
- 2020/21 Management Committee
- and much much more
June 2020
The June edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Mainland She-oak Skink (Alan Page)
In the June edition you will find:
- 50 years of Society newsletters
- From The President - Tara Cameron
- School Strike 4 Climate
- Management Committee Reports
- Flora and Fauna Monitoring Program
- Wildlife rescue - it’s not over yet
- What animal is that?
- A death trap for flying foxes
- Blue Trail Village Scenes - John Whitton Memorial Place, Emu Plains
- The upside of Rona
- Vale Jack Mundey
- Activity pad
- 2020/21 Management Committee
- and much much more
May 2020
The May edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Banksia ericifolia seedlings (Alan Page)
In the May edition you will find:
- Maintaining Vigilance by Clare Power
- From The Editor - Susan Crick
- Breaking News - Grand Cliff Top Walk Upgrade
- Letters to the Editor
- Bell Quarry Dump Rejected by Don Morison
- Flowering plants of the upper Blue Mountains by Alan Page
- Controlling foxes by Ross Coster
- Update from the Land Use Sub-committee by Carolyn Williams and Angela Langdon
- Blue Trail Village Scenes - Eucalyptus oreades by Christine Davies and Don Morison
- NSW Independent Bushfire Inquiry
- Mick Dark by Christine Davies
- 50th Anniversary of Newsletter
- Birth notice - Eric & Marg
- 2020/21 Management Committee
- and much much more
April 2020
The April edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Christine Davies (now retired)
In the April edition you will find:
- All memberships extended due to COVID‑19
- 2020 Annual General Meeting outcome
- Thank you Christine
- 2019/20 Greater Blue Mountains Bushfires
- 2020/21 Management Committee
- Save the Tarkine by Clare Power
- A Blue Trail Special: Big Sky Odyssey by Christine Davies and Don Morison
- Post-fire recovery of a garden Wollemi Pine by Margaret Baker
- Australia’s first Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer by Chris Whiteman
- Wilf Hilder by Christine Davies
- Is Govett’s Leap lookout safe? by Jim Smith
- Can you enjoy a natural walk close to Oberon? by Don Morison
- Does your child know more about dinosaurs than dugongs?
- and much much more
March 2020
The March edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Sliver Top Ash (Eucalyptus sieberi) regrowth, Mount Wilson (Mark Baker)
In the March edition you will find:
- Don’t let the bushfires be forgotten
- Annual General Meeting - 26 March
- Raising Warragamba Dam Wall is NOT the Solution
- Bat Night - 21 March
- Grandparents Can by Robin Mosman
- Management Committee roles
- Regeneration and Rejuvenation, not adaptation by Don Morison
- "Black January" by Diana Levy
- GBMWHA Bushfire Impact by Peter Smith
- How do birds cope with rain? by Christine Davies
- The amazing red and purple leaves of re-sprouting eucalypts by Margaret Baker
- A poem for the land and the people of the land by Kalang Kedumba Jones
- A Timeline for the Upper Blue Mountains: Members’ observations
- The Great Grose Weed Walk - Autumn 2020
- What’s in a name? That which we call a fire, by any other name by Andy Macqueen
- Dot Butler by Christine Davies
- The joy of Nature revives our spirits by Christine Davies
- A Blue Trail: Eurobodalla district and surrounds Christine Davies and Don Morison
- Bushwalking Activities
- and much much more
February 2020
The February edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Margaret Baker - Environmental Citizen of the Year (Mark Baker)
In the February edition you will find:
- Message from the President
- Sunset Gathering - 27 February
- Environmental Citizen of the Year 2020 - Margaret Baker
- Jim Barrett (1923-2020) by Don Morison
- Sharing Our Grief by Clare Power
- Katoomba Airfield Helicopters Rejected
- The Changing Focus of Blue Mountains Tourism by Jim Smith
- Admin Officer Needed - Can you help?
- Newsletter Editor Retiring - answer the challenge!
- Environmental Education Project at North Katoomba by Cathy Cavanagh
- Greater Glider Declines by Stephanie Chew
- Say No to a Toxic Incinerator Near Lithgow
- National Parks Recovery - A Message of Hope by Keith Muir
- The Blue Trail Corridor by Don Morison
- Close Encounter with a Silvereye by John Low
- "As a child I sifted soft soil" by Cathy Cavanagh
- Save Kosci
- Just An Old Tree by Christine Davies
- Elizabeth Jessie Hickman - The Lady Bushranger by Christine Davies
- Should Penrith Go Back to Country? by Don Morison
- A Blue Trail: Wombeyan Caves and Jenolan Caves David Hay
- Bushwalking Activities
- and much much more
December 2019 Hut News
The December edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Kool Kookaburra (Mary)
In the December edition you will find:
- Nursery Sales
- A sustainable Christmas by Clare Power
- Society Admin Officer required
- The Mick Dark Talk for the Future
- Thirsty by Alan Page
- Grandparents for Climate Action NOW
- New Children’s Picture Book: The Magical Blue Forest
- Radiata celebrated
- It’s time to update the Timeline by Jim Smith
- Experiencing dissonance? by Clare Power
- The Classroom in the Landscape by Julie Humphreys
- Mel Ward by Jim Smith
- A Blue Trail Special by Christine Davies and Don Morison
- The Art of Threatened Species: Western Plains Cultural Centre by Cathy Cavanagh
- Vale Barb Carfrae and Morag Ryder
- Gang-gangs a happy sight at Woodford by Jo Carroll
- Yaama Ngunna Baaka Corroboree Tour 2019 by Julie Brett
- The end of Rainbow Creek by Jim Low
- It’s our turn now! by Christine Davies
- "New Year’s Day Blue Mountains" by Graham Alcorn
- Bushwalking Activities
- and much much more
November 2019 Hut News
The November edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Rally at Cahills Lookout
In the November edition you will find:
- Radiata Plateau saved for future generations
- Society Doings by Christine Davies
- “Native Fauna of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area”
by Judy, Peter and Kate Smith.
- Mick Dark Talk for the Future
- Sorry for the inconvenience, but our planet has a problem by Clare Power
- "Fire Ready" by Michele Fermanis−Winward
- Grandparents Gathering for Climate Action by Robin Mosman
- ‘Where Song Began’ concert review by Cathy Cavanagh
- A hilltop rendezvous by Christine Davies
- Where have we gone wrong? by Ian Brown
- It’s our turn now! by Christine Davies
- Bushwalking Activities
- and much much more
October 2019 Hut News
The October edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Pale Pink Boronia (Boronia floribunda) (Alan Page)
In the October edition you will find:
- Popes Glen Bushcare Group
- More reasons not to raise Warragamba
- Society Doings by Christine Davies
- Threatened Species Day 2019 - Katoomba by Cathy Cavanagh
- How good (and how threatened) is our biodiversity by Judy Smith
- School Strike for Climate Action by Clare Power
- Greta Thunberg's address to the United Nations
- Bylong Mine Rejected by Clare Power
- Monaro Tableland and Kosciuszko National Park by Christine Davies
- Inner Landscape - Workshops for Environmentalists by Victoria Walker
- New Chapter for Bylong Proposal by Don Morison
- Economic Growth at Any Cost? Part 3 by Ross Coster
- Lithgow Gallery supports Gardens of Stone by Janine Kitson
- Water Disaster Will Confront Climate Sceptics by Don Morison
- It’s our turn now! by Christine Davies
- How To Be Part of the 3.5% That Will Bring About Climate Action by Robin Mosman
- Blue Trail Question 2 – Why is there so much emphasis on the non-indigenous history of the Hartley Valley? by Don Morison
- Bushwalking Activities
- and much much more
September 2019 Hut News
The September edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
“No” to feral horses! protest (Geoff Dernee)
In the September edition you will find:
- Minister Kean – buy Radiata Plateau today
- “No” to feral horses, say environment supporters
- Threatened Species Day
- School Strike 4 Climate - Sept. 20th
- Gardens of Stone Update by Madi Maclean
- Our Koalas Are In Crisis
- Aboriginal Australians and Water Management by Paddy Cavanagh
- Selective Federalism Could Worsen Crises by Don Morison
- Economic Growth at Any Cost? Part 2 by Ross Coster
- Flora and Fauna Park Wentworth Falls
- Council acknowledges a climate emergency by Clare Power
- "The Eagle" by Michele Fermanis-Winward
- It’s our turn now! by Christine Davies
- Lithgow and the “Lost World” in April 2008 by Cathy Cavanagh
- NSW Koala Inquiry by Judy Smith
- Climate Change - the greatest security threat Australia has ever faced by Robin Mosman
- Blue Trail Question 2 – What lingering evidence of kerosene shale mining? by Don Morison
- Bushwalking Activities
- and much much more
August 2019 Hut News
The August edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Male Hooded Robin (Peter Smith)
In the August edition you will find:
- Radiata Plateau is for sale
- Help with Threatened Species Judy Smith
- Feral Horse Petition Before Parliament
- School Strike for Climate - Sept. 20th
- Sublime Point, dawn by Brendan Doyle
- A Plea for Grassy Woodland by Judy Smith
- Spaceship Earth by Alan Page
- Economic Growth at Any Cost? by Ross Coster
- Destination Pagoda Campaign - Recent Events
- Weekend in the Bylong Valley by Clare Power
- Wild Life in Blackheath by Christine Davies
- It’s our turn now!
- Bob Brown Stands Up to Stupidity
- Take a Climate Action: Stand With Our Children by Robin Mosman
- Blue Trail Question 1: How was the Kanangra Boyd Wilderness saved? by Don Morison
- Bushwalking Activities
- and much much more
July 2019 Hut News
The July edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Give A Dam March - 9 June, Katoomba (Alan Page)
In the July edition you will find:
- Pass it On - Membership Drive
- Leave Radiata Plateau Wild - Campaign Update
- We Give a Dam - Huge Protest March
- Outstanding Biodiversity Value? by Judy Smith
- Zombie DA - Fauna and Flora park
- Katoomba Airfield Update
- Aboriginal Heritage of the Blue Mountains
- Natural Area Foot Traffic
- A Dollar This Week - No Cents Afterwards by Don Morison
- Bus Trip with Plant Study Group
- Volunteers Help Make a Difference
- Vox Pop - Climate Change and Sustainability by Clare Power
- Wild Life in Kanimbla Valley by Christine Davies
- Call for Volunteers - Citizens Science
- Warragamba Dam Wall Raising Inquiry
- Gardens of Stone Stage 2
- Footsteps in the Snow
- 2040 - Hope and Action in the Climate Crisis
- Wild Life in Blackheath by Christine Davies
- Climate Change - Australia Pretends While UK Acts by Robin Mosman
- Blue Trail: 60. Hartley Vale Cemetery by Don Morison
- Bushwalking Activities
- and much much more
June 2019 Hut News
The June edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Callistemon megalongensis (Steve Douglas)
In the June edition you will find:
- March for the Mountains
- "Croc Park" Development Revived
- Destination Pagoda
- Old White Woman Looks at Pre-European Australian Art by Cathy Cavanagh
- The Power of Hope and Imagination by Clare Power
- ‘A Place of Significance’ by Jim Low
- Nursery News
- Evidence of Vanishing Things by Christine Davies and Cathy Cavanagh
- What Come Next on Climate?
- Moffitt's Gardens of Stone Celebration
- Looking Back …
- Hans the Donkey Drover by Denis Kevans
- Blue Trail: 59. Historic Waterworks Museum by Don Morison
- Bushwalks Program
- and much much more
May 2019 Hut News
The May edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Destination Pagoda Launch - 11 April Katoomba
Madi Maclean and Ian Brown(Alan Page)
In the May edition you will find:
- Destination Pagoda Launch
- Helicopters And Katoomba Airfield—Have Your Say!
- Make Your Vote Count in the Federal Election
- Plants With Bite
- Climate Emergency: Time to get radical before it's too late by Clare Power
- ‘Flying Shame’ by Cathy Cavanagh
- "Stop Adani Convoy" In Sydney
- Wild Life in Blackheath by Christine Davies
- United Nations declares Decade on Ecosystem Restoration by Peter Ardill
- Going batty and having fun by Phoebe Coster
- Cleaner Greener Airport? by Ross Coster
- School – It Works Well In Nations That Respect The Educated by Don Morison
- Blue Trail: 58. Old Rehabilitation Project, State Mine Gully by Don Morison
- Bushwalks Program
- and much much more
April 2019 Hut News
The April edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
School Strike for Climate - 15 March 2019 Springwood(Clare Power)
In the April edition you will find:
- Annual General Meeting result
- Leave Radiata Plateau Campaign Continues
- Air Pollution In The Sydney Basin by Ross Coster
- A Lonely Lament by Ross Bridle
- Our Planet Is Changing, Why Aren’t We? by Clare Power
- Battle For Bylong Update by Clare Power
- Faulconbridge Point by Phoebe Coster
- Autumn Honeyeater Migration by Christine Davies
- Clarence Mine’s Licence Changes
and Centennial Coles’ Court Action Is Dropped by Madi Maclean
- Update Lawson Crown Land Masterplan
- Blue Trail: 57. Grazing In The Long Paddock, Parkesbourne District by Don Morison
- Bushwalks Program
- and much much more
March 2019 Hut News
The March edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Bat Night 2019
In the March edition you will find:
- Annual General Meeting and Stealth Film - Thurs.28 March
- Bat Night 2019 - Fri.29 March
- Sunset Gathering
- Responses to our State Election Questionnaire
- 'Destination Pagoda' - Blue Mountains Launch
- Climate chaos and climate action by Clare Power
- Submission extension to turn tide in quarry conflict?
- Huge community support for national parks
- Some Reflections On Trees by Jim Low
- Radiata Win: Labor Commits To Seek To Purchase
- Cars, Trucks, Buses and Air Pollution by Ross Coster
- Connecting With Our Local History Further Afield by Christine Davies
- Wild Life in Blackheath by Christine Davies
- Blue Mountains Fauna Project
- Blue Trail: 56. Lady And An Odd Couple. Mount Victoria by Don Morison
- Bushwalks Program
- and much much more
February 2019 Hut News
The February edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,
Protect Our National Parks Rally
In the February edition you will find:
- Sunset Gathering - Thurs.14 February
- Nursery News
- It’s Time for Genuine Policies on Climate Action by Robin Mosman
- NSW State Election Questionnaire by Alan Page
- Sounds of summer: why are cicadas so loud? by Eliza Keck, CSIRO
- “Dieback disease” detected in Blackheath
- Moffitt family legacy honoured in Gardens of Stone
- The Save Kosci Walk Has Ended And The Campaign Continues
- A Past President Remembered
- Wild Life in Blackheath by Christine Davies
- Purple (Bathurst) Copper Butterfly by Malina Smith
- Blue Trail: 55. Diverse Parkland Plantings, Victoria Park, Goulburn by Don Morison
- Bushwalks Program
- and much much more
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