Blue Mountains Gazette
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
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Springwood Hospital Auxiliary raises more than $30,000 with annual charity golf day
Winners of the Golf Day. From left; Scott Lister, Michael Cini, Nick Brown and Glenn Pickham. Picture supplied
Tom Walker
Paws, claws, and a cause: Karu Distillery launches gin to help cheetahs
Karu Distillery's new gin in their Origins line, Wilding: Jubatus. Picture supplied
Tom Walker
Traffic lights at Springwood roundabouts considered to fix congestion
Tom Walker
Councillor Daniel Myles at the Hawkesbury Road entrance to one of the roundabouts connecting Springwood and Winmalee. Picture by Tom Walker
Here's how you can commemorate in the Blue Mountains this Anzac Day
The 2023 Springwood Anzac Day march. Picture by Damien Madigan
Property
Ex The Block stars sell coastal reno project with everything, including cutlery
Jade Lazarevic
Karstan Smith and Maxine Stoke have sold their Merewether home, The Palms. Picture Andreas Proesser / Earp Bros
Our People
Allie Pepper's quest to climb all 14 of world's tallest peaks without bottled oxygen
B C Lewis
Allie Pepper on top of the world's 10th highest mountain, Mt Annapurna, on April 14. Picture by Nima Sherpa
Large hazard reduction burn in Blue Mountains National Park
Hazard reduction burns will be held throughout the Blue Mountains National Park from Tuesday. Picture supplied
'Strong supporter' of a new hospital: Health district's new boss
Jennie Curtin
Lee Gregory, chief executive of Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District. Picture supplied
Our History
John Howie and the Mystery of the white marble rectangle
Inset, John Howie (picture Blue Mountains Historical Society) and the commemorative marble tablet (picture Robyne Ridge).
Robyne Ridge
PHOTOS: Best rock climbing pics across three decades shown in new book from Katoomba photographer
Tom Walker
Simon Carter with his new book, The Art of Climbing. Picture supplied
Glenbrook athlete outruns Olympian for record-breaking win at track championships
Tom Walker
800m: Luke Boyes (right) leads, followed by OIympian Peter Bol (centre) and Peyton Craig (left). Picture by Natalie Wong, IG: @beyond_theroad_
Megalong Road reopens following damaging landslide
Jennie Curtin
The reopened Megalong Road on Friday, April 19. Picture Blue Mountains City Council
Federal road funding redirected to Megalong Valley and Railway Parade
Damage from the landslide on Megalong Road on April 5, 2024. Picture Blue Mountains City Council
'People have accepted us': Ayaka Thompson brings Japan to the Blue Mountains
Tom Walker
Ayaka Thompson (left) with her husband Andrew (right) and their two children, Sakura and Seiya. Picture supplied
Crime turning corner after 'disturbing' surge: premier
Fraser Barton and Laine Clark • 54m ago
Overall youth offences fell 10.7 per cent in the first quarter compared with that period in 2023. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia backs report on Palestine aid agency
Dominic Giannini • 2hrs ago
Catherine Colonna (left) headed a review into an aid agency that has been welcomed by Penny Wong. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

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Springwood Hospital Auxiliary raises more than $30,000 with annual charity golf day
Tom Walker
Winners of the Golf Day. From left; Scott Lister, Michael Cini, Nick Brown and Glenn Pickham. Picture supplied
Paws, claws, and a cause: Karu Distillery launches gin to help cheetahs
Tom Walker
Karu Distillery's new gin in their Origins line, Wilding: Jubatus. Picture supplied
Traffic lights at Springwood roundabouts considered to fix congestion
Tom Walker
Councillor Daniel Myles at the Hawkesbury Road entrance to one of the roundabouts connecting Springwood and Winmalee. Picture by Tom Walker
Here's how you can commemorate in the Blue Mountains this Anzac Day
The 2023 Springwood Anzac Day march. Picture by Damien Madigan
Our People
Allie Pepper's quest to climb all 14 of world's tallest peaks without bottled oxygen
B C Lewis
Allie Pepper on top of the world's 10th highest mountain, Mt Annapurna, on April 14. Picture by Nima Sherpa

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