Pagoda landscapes support a vast array of rare plant and animal life
Lithgow’s Gardens of Stone backyard is as diverse and unique as it is beautiful.
Protected in a wonderful 28,332ha State Conservation Area, its pagoda landscapes support a vast array of rare plant and animal life. The new reserve protects the core of the Gardens of Stone and more than doubles the protected area in the Gardens of Stone region.
The next step is formal planning for the reserve, including siting recreation facilities to enable families to get close to nature. The National Parks and Wildlife Service has put the reserve’s management plans on public exhibition for comment, and access roads are being upgraded. Thank you for your submissions that will help to ensure this reserve becomes a wonderland, not a theme park.
Once completed, this reserve will be a must-see destination that reveals the enduring benefits of nature conservation. Thousands will then be spellbound by this true natural wonderland that need no fancy facilities.
Also, visit the Gardens of Stone In Focus gallery to see a hint of what’s in store. Once restored, with access repaired and basic facilities, this reserve can become one of the best in NSW!
The next few months will be critical…
BLUE MOUNTAINS, NSW — Wilderness Australia believes that Emirates Australia claim that its proposed surge in helicopter flights to its luxury Wolgan Valley resort is a temporary fix may be just an embarrassing mistake. The text of their development application seeks to lock in a permanent, massive increase in helicopter traffic over the World Heritage-listed national park and residential areas.
Join the Gardens of Stone Alliance for a morning exploring the history, ecology and future of the Sydney drinking water catchment.
We’ll begin with a guided walk at Lake Wallace — where Charles Darwin first recorded seeing platypus in 1836 — followed by a demonstration of community water quality testing and discussion of the growing pressures facing local waterways from coal mining and development.
