by editor | Sep 20, 2020 | Blue Trail
Memories of non-indigenous pioneers, Kanimbla Valley There are many indigenous sites in the Kanimbla Valley area. Structures connected with non-indigenous pioneers are, however, easier for visitors to notice. Bernard O’Reilly (1903-1975) was born in a slab hut near... 
by simplyoz | Aug 14, 2020 | Blue Trail
MOODS OF THE BOARS HEAD, KATOOMBA Boars Head has been a name used for a feature in Katoomba at least since 1882 and was described in the Katoomba and Leura Illustrated Guide of 1940 as “The perfect presentation of the head of a great boar, the beetling snout, the... 
by editor | Jul 3, 2020 | Environment
This article was published in July 2003 Hut News, the newsletter of Blue Mountains Conservation Society. Grace Bayley was a former newsletter editor of the Society. Grace and her husband left the mountains in late 1995 to live in Gerringong on the South Coast of NSW.... 
by editor | Jun 30, 2020 | History
There were just the four of us as we grew up, and the only relatives we knew of were our two grandmothers, one very reserved aunt and a wonderfully eccentric uncle. We had no cousins, no family stories, no gossip, nothing. I was somewhere in my 40’s before curiosity... 
by simplyoz | Apr 16, 2020 | Blue Trail
KATOOMBA HOSPITAL PRECINCT The Eucalyptus oreades stand Eucalyptus oreades (also known as Blue Mountains Ash) is found in scattered areas along the Great Dividing Range. It is along western parts of the Blue Mountains range, especially from Lawson to Bell, and on...