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So Much Smoke About!!!

  It wasn’t just fog about the valley this morning. Even after the light cloud  had evaporated there remained a thick  haze – the result of a massive hazard reduction burn off by the National Parks & Wildlife Service in the Wild Dog Range south of Megalong Valley. That combined…

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Hartley 1813 Memorial is Set in Stone

  from the Lithgow Mercury, May 2, 2013.   THREE granite boulders in the Hartley Valley have been placed in a new position in symbolic preparation for the bicentenary of the first European crossing of the Blue Mountains into Hartley. The boulders were taken from the property of Hartley resident…

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More Bad News about the Highway

  If you haven’t looked in your letter box yet, you’ll find evidence that the RTA/RMS really doesn’t listen to a word we say  to them, and are insisting on ruining our lovely valley quite unnecessarily. Read all about it here:  http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadprojects/projects/western_region/mt_victoria_lithgow/index.html and then write to your State and Federal…

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Smoke

  Do not be alarmed. The smoke you see billowing from Hassan’s Walls is part of a fire hazard reduction program that is being carried out over the next few days. It certainly makes for dramatic sunsets!  

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