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Blue Mountains News
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19 Feb 2020
Preschools in Blue Mountains Receive a Bushfire Boost
Preschools in bushfire impacted areas of the Blue Mountains will benefit from a one-off payment to provide fee relief and help with the recovery from this summer’s devastating fires.
19 Feb 2020
Have Your Say on Blackheath Village Centre Enhancements
Council has $3.3 million to spend on upgrades to Blackheath village centre. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the liveability and accessibility of this popular Blue Mountains village.
18 Feb 2020
Temporary Closure Update - Wentworth Falls Area Walking Tracks - Blue Mtns National Park
Thursday and Friday 20-21st February 2020 – weather dependent
18 Feb 2020
Extensive Damage to Tourism Infrastructure After Flood and Fires
Popular tourism infrastructure was extensively damaged in the deluge that occurred in the Blue Mountains on 7-9 February.
18 Feb 2020
Bushfire Recovery Community Meetings Glen Davis and Wolgan Valley
Sunday 23rd February 2020
17 Feb 2020
Year of Scotland is Coming to Blue Mountains in March
Bringing world-class folk music, a selection of Scotland’s finest artists are hitting our shores this month as part of the Year Of Scotland in Australia 2020, the largest showcase of Scottish music and heritage in Australia, ever.
17 Feb 2020
Lithgow Library on the Hunt for Creative Volunteers
Are you creative? Are you available to volunteer to run an introductory workshop on creativity? If so, Lithgow Library would love your help.
16 Feb 2020
Budget Direct Launches Bushfire Recovery Fund to Assist Bushfire Affected Communities
Budget Direct launches Bushfire Recovery Fund with grants of up to $20,000 to assist with the long term recovery of communities affected by bushfires.
16 Feb 2020
Tech Savvy Seniors
Lithgow, Portland and Wallerawang Libraries will soon be holding technology classes for seniors focusing on the Seniors Card Website and NSW transport apps.
15 Feb 2020
More Assistance Needed for Struggling Businesses in Wake of Fires
Federal Member for Macquarie Susan Templeman has welcomed additional funding provided for both Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury City Councils.
15 Feb 2020
Elevenses at The Joan in 2020 - A series of Art + Music Insights
The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre and Penrith Regional Gallery Present;Elevenses at The Joan in 2020
A series of Art + Music Insights
14 Feb 2020
Kim Churchill + Special Guest Tom Myers Live at the Baroque Room, Katoomba
Australian folk, rock, and blues singer, songwriter Kim Churchill picked up his first guitar when he was 4 years old then his father promised him a guitar if he did well in school. He was trained in classical guitar for ten years. He accompanies his guitar with blues harp (harmonica), stomp box, drums, and percussion instruments. He also plays lapsteel and tambourine.
14 Feb 2020
Susan O'Neill's Australian Tour will bring her to the Blue Mountains for the Blue Mountains Music Festival 2020
Described by Rhythms Magazine as having "pipes that would give Janice Joplin a run for her money" this prodigiously gifted young Irish songstress begins her Australian tour late February taking in five states and gracing the stages of many of the top festivals and venues.
13 Feb 2020
NSW Government Changes Caravan Law
Fire victims have received some comforting news, with the NSW Government releasing an amendment to the legislation that prohibits caravans being used to house bushfire victims.
13 Feb 2020
Virtuoso Daniel Champagne Returns to Perform at the Baroque Room
The young Australian born and Nashville based virtuoso recently described as ‘the finest guitar player of his generation’ brings his world tour back home!
12 Feb 2020
New Funding to Boost Local Bushfire Recovery Efforts in the Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains City Council will receive $250,000 under the Bushfire Community Resilience and Economic Recovery Fund to rollout locally-led community and economic recovery activities in the wake of the bushfires.
12 Feb 2020
Lithgow-Western Sydney Working Party Commences
Lithgow Council’s Transition Working Party comprising community volunteers convened for the first time on the 4th February 2020 with the objective of integrating Lithgow into all aspects of the growth in Western Sydney and the Aerotropolis.
12 Feb 2020
Councils Unite On Energy
Blue Mountains City Council is pleased to have joined nine Western Sydney councils to launch a new strategy to slash emissions and boost energy savings for a more sustainable, affordable energy future.
11 Feb 2020
Buyers Beware: Prohibited Aquatic Weeds Sold Online in Blue Mountains
Warning advice is being circulated following the seizure of prohibited plants that were sold online by sellers within the Blue Mountains Local Government Area.
11 Feb 2020
Council Thanks Bush Fire Volunteers
Blue Mountains City Council is providing a second round of Free Family Swim Passes to volunteers who assisted with recent bush fire operations in the Blue Mountains.
10 Feb 2020
CJ Stranger Live at Bootlegger Bar
CJ Stranger drops new single 'Outlaw'; 'Hey Stranger' album release on the way
10 Feb 2020
Local Bush Backyard Participants Get Grant for Biodiversity Work
Local land owners, Gary and Damien, have always been passionate about the environment and joining the Bush Backyards program gave them access to Council support for their ongoing work to restore native habitats on their North Katoomba property.
10 Feb 2020
Rare Birds Succesfully Breed in Mulgoa
One of Australia’s rarest birds, the Regent Honeyeater, has successfully bred on a private property in Mulgoa.
10 Feb 2020
Faulconbridge Student Awarded WSU Scholarship
Faulconbridge local William Goodwin has been awarded with a Scenic World Scholarship at Western Sydney University, where he is studying a Bachelor of Natural Science in Environment and Health.
9 Feb 2020
New Bush Fire Recovery Assistance Announcements Welcomed
Blue Mountains Mayor Mark Greenhill welcomed the announcement that the NSW Government will oversee the clean-up process for those affected by the recent bush fires, as well as new assistance measures.
9 Feb 2020
Additional Bulky Waste Collection Offered for Bushfire Recovery
An additional kerbside bulky waste collection service for bushfire related materials is scheduled to commence on 17th February 2020.
9 Feb 2020
Lithgow Mobile Bushfire Recovery Service - Thursdays in February 2020
If you have been impacted by the recent bushfires, please come along to the Lithgow Mobile Recovery Service. You can obtain the latest information, enquire about assistance or ask questions about bushfire recovery.
9 Feb 2020
One of the World's Largest Scientific Weight Loss Studies Reveals the Key to Three Times More Weight Loss
One of the world’s largest weight loss studies by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has found that following a scientifically backed ‘digital diet’ for as little as 12 weeks resulted in clinically significant weight loss.News Menu:
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