Cradle of Conservation

Celebrating 93 Years

Hullo Bushwalkers and Conservationists,
Celebrate 93 years of saving AND looking after Blue Gum and the GBMWHA.
1. Be there on September 2nd at 9-10am PERRY’S LOOKDOWN.
2. If you can’t make it we might have another try if the pollies can go a different day.
3. POST IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA and follow up with pics.
Bring family friends and spirits.
We’ll have a sherang at the Top for everyone.
We’ll have a smaller chocolate party in the Forest.

We will tell the world “YOU HAVE A WORLD HERITAGE AREA BECAUSE OF OUR MOB IN 1932”.

Blackheath’s own Blue Gum Forest, the gem of the Grose Valley

• a symbol of the protection of nature
• a BEACON to you who act to save nature
• saved by the bushwalkers in 1932

This year, 2022, is the anniversary of the saving of Blue Gum Forest, an anniversary shared with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the ABC.

Blue Gum Forest inspires:

• conservation action
• art
• poetry and music
• life long love of nature

And for Blue Mountains people, the saving of the Blue Gum Forest is the anniversary that belongs to THEM. The preservation of this unique forest by those bushwalkers 90 years ago is our own momentous event in history. It is one we should never forget. It was the moment of conception of our conservation heritage. It led to the creation of our Blue Mountains National Park and our own World Heritage Area.

We, the residents of this city within a World Heritage Area must celebrate this anniversary.  By remembering and reflecting on these pivotal events of the past, we can renew the values we seek to protect. We can recharge our forces for the campaigns of the present and the future.

We thank and laud those heroes of the past who had the foresight and the courage to save our Blue Gum Forest, the Cradle of our Conservation Movement