Blue Mountains Features

The G5 geostorm of 11th May 2024 understandably generated massive interest from Australians eager to see the Aurora Australis phenomenon for themselves. For many, it was a chance to see the Southern Lights from a location close to home rather than taking a punt scheduling a trip to New Zealand or Tasmania. True to form […]

While it is pretty easy to spot many of the larger and common bird species that inhabit the Blue Mountains, if you keep your eyes peeled there are plenty of the tiny Australian native birds to be seen also. I seem to spend so much time photographing these that I thought I’d just put a

The Summer of 2019 and 2020 redefined what Australians thought of as a bad fire season. Bushfires raged across the states of New South Wales and Victoria in particular. The media was flooded with images of people fleeing their homes and the smoke laying thick over everything. On the South coast there were images of

According to a paper written by local scholar and researcher of Aboriginal history, Father Dr Eugene Stockton, the Blue Mountains were a region favourable to early human occupation, featuring plentiful water and food, tool making stone and rock shelters. Lying between Gundungurra (the Cox River people) and Dharug (Cumberland Plain) territory, Dr Stockton believes that

Most who visit the Blue Mountains expect to do some level of interaction with nature, whether it be finding the best photography spots, birdwatching, embarking on a search for waterfalls on the Blue Mountains walks, or setting off one of the best Blue Mountains hikes for the night. According to the NSW National Parks, around