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…
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…
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…
Queensland maybe experiencing the worst floods in history while extreme heat and dry conditions have brought serious bushfires to Tasmania, Victoria and parts of New South Wales. It was touch and go here in the Hartley Valley with fires in the Lithgow region, at Doctors Gap and further north…
A Scrub fire in Berry St near Doctors Gap off the Vale of Clywwd is our of control affecting 40 acres . Helicopters have been aerial bombing the fire with water from the north of Hartley Valley since dawn this morning. RFS has a Watch and Act alert…
