Protect Our National Parks Rally banner at Butterbox (Alan Page)
and to increase awareness of the natural environment in general.
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- Draft Community Participation Plan
- Katoomba Airfield, Medlow Bath *
- Radiata Plateau *
- Katoomba Christian Convention Centre
- Glenbrook Station Upgrade
- Revised Bylong Coal Project (SSD 6367)
As part of our 2019 State Election Campaign, we're holding a -
Our national parks face many threats and need good managers who are sufficiently resourced to protect the parks’ values.
However, the state’s park managers (National Parks and Wildlife Service) has been subject to funding cuts, restructuring and loss of staff expertise.
Here's a leaflet - book your free tickets here.
Other activities in our State Election Campaign include the development of a comprehensive questionnaire which has been sent to the candidates for the major parties in both the Blue Mountains and Penrith Electorates. It will also be sent to candidates in the minor parties and independents - if they ask. Responses must be received by 8th February.
The responses will be presented on our website.
Find out how here.
Visit our NSW State Election 2019 webpages.
Bat Night 2019
Bats... they are not blind, do not get caught in your hair and do not suck your blood! Bats are a very misunderstood species, yet are crucial to life on earth.
Come and learn more about bats at the Blue Mountains Bat Night. There will be bat talks, lots of fun batty activities for all; learn about flying foxes and our fascinating microbats. Why not come dressed as a bat! Katoomba library is also going batty staying open late and having even more batty activities. This really is a Bat-Fest!
The only true flying mammal, there are over 1,200 bat species in the world making up almost a quarter of the world’s mammal species. Australia has around 80 different species of bats. At this event you also will be able to hear microbat calls after dark live via a bat detector and meet a Flying Fox!
Enjoy a bat talk with local ecologist Marg Turton and flying fox expert Tim Pearson as well as other bat scientists and aficionados. There will be the popular Bat Cave for kid’s activities such as mask-making and more. Also badge making and temporary bat tattoos. If you get hungry with all this action, support the local RFS at their sausage sizzle.
Here's a leaflet - read all about Bats of the Blue Mountains.
This event is proudly supported by the Blue Mountains Conservation Society, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Blue Mountains City Council, Blue Mountains Library and the Australasian Bat Society.
Katoomba Airfield (Alan Page)
Katoomba Airfield is located at the end of Grand Canyon Road in Medlow Bath. It is completely surrounded by the Blue Mountains National Park. This strategic location has been important for bushfire fighting and other emergencies.
The Department of Industry (Crown Land and Water) is currently considering issuing a new long term lease over Katoomba Airfield at Medlow Bath to a private commercial operator.
A short term ‘licence’ was issued to a private commercial operator on 1 February 2018.
The Department advised that community consultation will be undertaken prior to the issuing of any long term lease.
Visit our Katoomba Airfield Lease webpage.
Radiata Plateau (Kamil Sustiak)
Sitting on the southern escarpment, Radiata Plateau with its outstanding topography is the last remaining undeveloped peninsula-plateau in the upper Blue Mountains.
Home to rare and threatened species, culturally significant and a magnet for the local outdoor community, Radiata Plateau, towering high above rolling valleys has been in the making for millennia.
Here's the Open Letter to the Hon. Gabrielle Upton, NSW Minister for Environment and Heritage published in the Blue Mountains Gazette on 5th December.
Visit our Leave Radiata Plateau Wild webpages.
In October 2018, the NSW Government passed legislation to allow the flooding of World Heritage listed national parks by raising the wall of Warragamba Dam.
If the dam wall is raised, 4,700 hectares of World Heritage listed National Parks and 1,800 hectares of declared Wilderness Areas will be forever scarred from sedimentation, erosion and invasion of exotic plants.
Raising Warragamba Dam will inundate 65 kilometres of Blue Mountain's wild rivers.
Visit the Save The Blue Mountains Wild Rivers website.
Lost City (Henry Gold)
One of the most beautiful and intricate sandstone landscapes in Australia - dramatically coloured escarpments and headlands, slot canyons, cave overhangs, ancient sand dunes and the complex arrays of internationally significant rock turrets known as pagodas.
Huge plant diversity, including more than 1,000 species and 33 different vegetation communities (15 of which are threatened or poorly conserved), ancient montane heathlands; nationally endangered upland swamps and a unique species of snow gum.
Learn about the amazing Gardens of Stone, why it needs protecting and how you can help our campaign.
Visit our Gardens of Stone webpages.
No Western Sydney Airport bumper sticker
The Society believes that the Western Sydney Airport and its attendant infrastructure and associated industries poses a very real threat to the GBMWHA. And as a result, the Airport is a threat to the Blue Mountains communities, tourism and businesses.
The principal impact on the GBMWHA and Blue Mountains communities of the proposed Western Sydney Airport is aircraft noise.
See more on our campaign against Western Sydney Airport
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