Cradle of Conservation

Dear Supporters,

Join us at Govett's leap lookout. 9am Saturday 29th.
World Heritage - Greater Blue Mountains Area 25 Anniversary.

From the Saving of the BLUE GUM FOREST 1932 to World Heritage 2000- - 2025.

T-shirt. Post card in high definition available.

Every year on September 2nd bushwalkers go to the Blue Gum Forest to commemorate the saving of the forest in 1932. Millions visit the Blue Mountains but few look who look at the view know the events that made it possible for humans to enjoy nature and culture in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. From a place of local care by traditional owners 40,000 years ago to an international wild wonder by the year 2000 and beyond. 

• 1880s to present: Tourism - Enjoyment of wild mystery by many.
• 1914 Myles Dunphy bush journey. Recognising Wild Places.
• 1932 The saving of the Blue Gum Forest kick-started the conservation movement in Australia.
• 1934 Dunphy's Dream - Greater Blue Mountains National Park Proposal.
• 1957-2021 National Parks created to Dunphy's Dream. The result of conservation campaigns: Colong, Boyd Plateau, Wollemi.
• 1984 Graeme Worboys in NPWS lays the groundwork for conservation management of the Greater Blue Mountains Area.
• 1989 Colong Foundation for Wilderness (Wilderness Australia) publishes Geoff Mosley' book 'Blue Mountains for World Heritage', initiating the campaign.
• 1989-2000 Keith Muir with the Colong Foundation (Wilderness Australia) leads the campaign for World Heritage.
• 2000 World Heritage Status granted for the Greater Blue Mountains.

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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