The Australian Repair Shop sits at the side of the busy Great Western Highway in Faulconbridge. It is run by Mark Phelan, his wife Rebecca and a team of dedicated 'repairers'.
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Scarecrows, Chickens & Chocolate Cake: Leura Harvest Festival
Leura’s Harvest Festival made a joyful return this year after three years of reluctant hibernation. Volunteer Adele Cannella tells us how the event brings the community together and showcases the Blue Mountains.
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Belle Butler visited Lawson Public School during Nude Food Week - an annual event that encourages families to pack school lunches without single-use packaging. The event promotes minimising plastic waste and opting for healthy food choices.
Read More »Plants for the Planet’s Sake: The Life and Times of a Bush Doctor
Shane Grundy at Bush Doctor HQ explains how soft engineering techniques are helping rejuvenate swamps and improve water quality in the Blue Mountains.
Read More »Citizen Science at Lake Pillans
In April the Maldhan Ngurr Ngurra Lithgow Transformation Hub launched its first citizen science activity for 2023: the Lake Pillans BioBlitz. I spoke with Alice Blackwood, ecologist and Field Technician at Western Sydney University about citizen science and their findings at Lake Pillans.
Read More »Chantelle’s Garden Journey
Chantelle Cambridge recently presented the final in a series of gardening talks hosted by Lithgow Library Learning Centre. Standing in the shade of fifty-year-old elms in a flowery white dress, she was Instagram perfect, but the journey that led her here would have flattened many.
Read More »“Every Seed and Every Plant Counts”: Lithgow & District Community Nursery
What goes on under all those poly-tunnels at Lithgow & District Community Nursery? Get the low down here.
Read More »Zig Zag Railway: They’re Back, But How Did They Do It?
Zig Zag Railway is open again after series of disasters. How does a team of volunteers keep coming back, despite so many adversities ?
Read More »Frankie & Mo’s – Regenerative Agriculture and Naturally Fermented Wines
This month, father and son team Bob and Tom Colman launched Frankie & Mo’s, a new Blackheath bar and bottle shop. It showcases natural wines, beers and spirits complemented by organically-grown sharing platters, sourced where possible from local growers
Read More »Rooves, Tanks & Rain Gardens: Things We Can Do at Home to Save Water and Help the Environment
Planetary Health Initiative writer Hamish Dunlop talks to Amy St Lawrence from Blue Mountains City Council’s Healthy Waterways Team. Amy explains what she’s doing at her home to collect and use water. She also talks about how her rain garden reduces run-off during and after rainfall.
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