We’re keeping our fingers crossed for fine weather on Saturday 1st June – a big day for the Valley. The Governor of NSW, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, AC CVO has three official duties to perform in the Valley that day. Firstly, Her Excellency will perform the official opening…
Blaxland and Daughter was founded in February 2012 by Wendy Blaxland and her daughter Jessica Blaxland Ashby to bring exciting new theatre to audiences of all ages. Wendy and Jessica have already worked together in the theatre for over 10 years, primarily at Marian Street Theatre for Young People…
From the Lithgow Mercury – Article by Troy Walsh, 18th May 2013 SHORTLY after reaching the Hartley Valley in 1813 the explorers Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth turned around and headed for home, having crossed the great divide. It will be a different story for the horses, their handlers…
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…
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…
