I’m sorry to announce the passing of one of the most genial and generous people in the Hartley community. Chris Bird passed away at 3 pm on Monday 8th April, 2013, aged 84. He never regained consciousness after undergoing heart surgery on 22nd March. Our sincere sympathy goes out…
Excerpted from Lithgow’s Mercury, Saturday 15th March: THEY’RE worthy of ‘champion exhibit’ status themselves. Chris Bird and Max Goddard have notched up around 100 years service between them as volunteer stewards at the Lithgow Show. Yesterday they were on the job again from early morning until late afternoon helping…
From the Lithgow Mercury, this article by Margaret Combs: TO commemorate the Bicentennial celebrations for the Crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813 by Wentworth, Blaxland and Lawson the trust of the Hartley Vale-Mt Blaxland Reserve has commissioned a plaque to honour this event. Well known heritage stonemason Michael…
It was well attended and much enjoyed. The photos will speak for themselves. More words later. Click on the image below to access the photo gallery of the evening.
This article, by journalist Troy Walsh, published in The Lithgow Mercury on Saturday 9th February, 2013, says it all: A GRAFFITI attack on one of the most beautiful and sacred spots in the Lithgow area has angered the residents surrounding the site and local Aboriginal people. The vandalism…
