by editor | Jun 13, 2020 | Blue Trail
Urban Bird Habitat in Lithgow Since its early coal mining days, towards the close of the 19th century, Lithgow has developed as a scattered pattern of village environments, often with former industrial or mining sites in between. Many species of birds find these sites... 
by Jim | Oct 2, 2019 | People
Syrian Mary was the name given to a hawker who lived in the New South Wales township of Mudgee. She walked the lonely roads and tracks of the district approximately between the years 1890 and 1910. Twice each year she would routinely walk north-west to Coolah, a... 
by simplyoz | Oct 1, 2019 | Music
LYRICS Verse 1 From Mudgee to Lithgow She’s always travelling ‘round Or maybe out Coolah way Where the Black Stump can be found Chorus 1 Mary, the Syrian, is on the road again Mary is on the road again Verse 2. A basket is on her head Two others in each hand Full of... 
by editor | May 23, 2019 | Blue Trail
“If I wanted to get there, I wouldn’t start from here” is the punchline of an ancient joke about an Irishman giving directions to a tourist. Almost as ancient are the laudable objectives on this signboard about the 1995 project which could yet be the jumping off... 
by simplyoz | Jun 20, 2018 | Blue Trail
The Hassans Walls Plateau, named by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1813 for its similarity to landforms in northern India, offers an eclectic selection of Blue Mountains scenery. In Hassans Walls (according to Col Bembrick in Coxs Road Dreaming 2015), we have a...