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EVENTS
ARCHERS AUCTIONS Bi-monthly on the last Sunday 17 Cooper Street Katoomba 4782
6000
ARTSTREET Winter Magic Festival event www.wintermagic.com.au
BLACKHETH PHILOSOPHY FORUM www.blackheathphilosophy.com.au forum@blackheathphilosophy.com.au
Blackheath Public School Hall
BLACKHEATH ART SOCIETY Annual Easter Art Show; Watercolour & Works on Paper June long w/e
Contemporary Art Exhibition October long w/e (see
ad) Blackheath 4787 6016
BLACKHEATH RHODODENDRON FESTIVAL Annual event/art award Blackheath www.bluemts.com.au/rhododendron
BLUE MOUNTAINS & NEPEAN HERB GROUP Annual Festival in March 4757 2860
BLUE MOUNTAINS CONCERT SOCIETY Springwood Civic Centre www.bluemts.com.au/concerts
4754 1742
BLUE MOUNTAINS FESTIVAL OF FOLK ROOTS & BLUES Annually in February/March www.bmff.org.au 1800 651322
BLUE MOUNTAINS POTTERS Clay Creations Exhibition & Sale 2nd w’end October Glenbrook Community Hall
BLUE MOUNTAINS REGIONAL FOOD & WINE FAIR Blackheath & District Chamber of Commerce www.blackheathfestival.com
CHRISTMAS IN THE MOUNTAINS Glenbrook Oval www.christmasinthemountains.com
IRONFEST Annual festival of metal art State Mine Heritage Park, Lithgow ironfest@lisp.com.au
JENOLAN CAVES CONCERTS Georg Mertens cello, Bach, Cathedral Cave every 3rd Sat.
4pm; Paganini Duo every 4th Sat. 4pm
www.georgcello.com Bookings 1300 763311
JUGGLING JAM Community circus events 5.30 Fridays (donation) Katoomba 0414347906
KEDUMBA DRAWING AWARD Blue Mountains Grammar School Wentworth Falls 4757 2371
KOWMUNG MUSIC FESTIVAL March International chamber musicians www.bluemts.com.au/kowmung
LEURA FLORALIA 2nd week in October in Leura Mall www.leuravillage.com
OBERON COMMUNITY ART & CRAFT COMMITTEE Exhibition November www.oberonaustralia.com
ONE VAN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PUPPETRY www.puppetryaustralia.info
community@banc.org.au
January/February Blackheath 4787 7770
POETRY AT THE PARAKEET CAFE tdrice@pnc.com.au Katoomba 4782 6623
SIX FOOT TRACK MARATHON Annual 45 km marathon in March www.sixfoot.com
SONGLINES Blue Mts World Heritage Festival www.songlinesfestival.com.au
WINTER MAGIC FESTIVAL Winter Solstice annual event www.wintermagic.com.au
PLACES AND SPACES
BORIGINAL CULTURE
BLUE MOUNTAINS ABORIGINAL CULTURE & RESOURCE CENTRE Katoomba 4782 6569
BLUE MOUNTAINS CITY COUNCIL Aboriginal Community Development Officer
www.aboriginalbluemountains.com.au Katoomba 4780 5560
NSW NATIONAL PARKS & WILDLIFE SERVICE (NPWS)
Aboriginal discovery tours, talks and walks, Aboriginal cultural heritage management
for NSW
Blue Mountains Heritage Centre www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au Blackheath 4787 8877
THE MARRA MOB Aboriginal Arts Group marramob@hotmail.com 0419419864
Local aboriginal artwork made into puzzles $30 per puzzle marramob@hotmail.com
THE GULLY TRADITIONAL OWNERS mwilliams18@bigpond.com
GALLERIES
BLUE MOUNTAINS CREATIVE ARTS CENTRE Hare Street Glenbrook - Centre Gallery (see
ad) 0414226534
B.O.A. GALLERY 111 Wentworth Street Blackheath 4787 8803
BRAEMAR GALLERY Community contemporary art (see ad) Springwood 4723 5046
DAWES & OFFORD ART GALLERY Traditional & modern painting (see ad) Hartley 6355 2377
FALLS GALLERY 161 Falls Road Wed to Sun 10—5 (see ad) Wentworth Falls 4757 2230
GALLERY BLACKHEATH 44 Govett’s Leap Rd (see ad) www.galleryblackheath.com Blackheath
4787 7791
GALLERY LANE 87 Railway Pde, Leura 11—4 Sat—Sun (see ad) Leura
HAT HILL GALLERY 3 Hat Hill Road hathillgallery@bigpond.com Blackheath 4787 7033
JEWEL BLUE MOUNTAINS GALLERY 40 Govetts Leap Road, Blackheath Specialising in
amber 4787 6727
JOHN TURNER GALLERY Landscape photography (see ad) 126 Lurline Street
info@johnturner-bm.com.au Katoomba 4782 6885
KATOOMBA FINE ART Paintings, sculpture 98 Lurline Street (see ad) Katoomba 4782
1220
KEDUMBA GALLERY Blue Mountains Grammar Weekdays or by appointment (see ad) 4757
2371
LEURA FINE WOODWORK GALLERY Leura Mall 7 days Leura 4784 1768
LEURA GATEWAY GALLERY The Mall Leura (see ad) denovanblss@aol.com Leura 4784
2881
MICHAEL WHITE GALLERY 4-5/148 Leura Mall www.michaelwhiteart.com Leura 4784 3017
NEWMAN-WHITE GALLERY 199 Mort Street www.newmanwhite.com.au (see ad) Lithgow
63512326
PENRITH REGIONAL ART GALLERY & THE LEWERS BEQUEST 86 River Road Emu Plains 4735 1100
ROBYN WOODWARD GALLERY 11 Ross Street www.robynwoodwardgallery.com.au Glenbrook
4739 8777
SASSAFRAS CREEK Gallery & Cafe 83 Old Bells Line of Road Kurrajong Village 4573 0988
SHIPLEY ART GALLERY Shipley Road Ce Jorgensen (weekends only) Blackheath 4787
8357
SMA EVERGLADES GARDENS GALLERY 37 Everglades Avenue (see ad) Leura 4784 3242
TALISMAN GALLERY Crafted metalwork info@talismangallery.com.au Hartley 6355 2056
THE BROOK FINE ARTS & CRAFTS 1A Ross Street Glenbrook 4739 9511
THE LITTLE GALLERY 134 Katoomba Street info@thelittlegallery.com.au Katoomba
4782 9366
THE NOOK CRAFT CO-OPERATIVE Quality handcrafts — 7 days 133A The Mall Leura 4784
2917
THE WEAVER’S STUDIO Ron Gamack Hat Hill Road open w’ends rongamack@optusnet.com.au
Blackheath 4787 7775
VICTORY THEATRE ANTIQUES (see ad) Govetts Leap Road, Blackheath victory@pnc.com.au
4787 6002
WARAGIL STUDIOS 8 Govetts Leap Road (see ad) Blackheath 4787 7498HISTORIC & SPECIAL PLACES
EVERGLADES Historic house & Sorensen garden (National Trust) Leura 4784 1938
HOBBY’S REACH RESEARCH CENTRE AND TARELLA (1880) BM Historical Society’s research
centre
Open Tues. & 3rd Sat. 99 Blaxland Road Wentworth Falls 4757 3824
LEURALLA TOY AND RAILWAY MUSEUM 36 Olympian Parade, 10-5 daily Leura 4784 1169
LINDEN OBSERVATORY Glossop Road Linden Tours and viewing by arrangement 0400290324
MT. TOMAH BOTANIC GARDEN Bell’s Line of Road, Mt. Tomah NSW 2758 www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au
Daily from 10 am Gift shop 4567 2154
MT. VICTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Natural history, articles from days of
early settlement,
memorabilia of convict days Railway station, Mount Victoria 4782 7866
NORMAN LINDSAY MUSEUM (National Trust) 12-14 Norman Lindsay Crescent Faulconbridge
4751 1067
TURKISH BATH MUSEUM c.1880 Mount Wilson (see ad) and village walks Mary Reynolds
4756 2006 Mt. Wilson & Mt. Irvine Historical Society Inc. mary_reynolds@internode.on.net
VALLEY HEIGHTS LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT Tusculum Road Heritage Museum 1st & 3rd Sun. Valley Heights
WOODFORD ACADEMY Open every 3rd Sat. except Dec. 10-4 (National Trust) johnnanette@optusnet.com.au
Woodford 4758 8584
TOURS & TRAILS
ABORIGINAL BLUE MOUNTAINS WALKABOUT TOUR Evan Yanna Muru www.bluemountainswalkabout.com
0408443822
BMGST Tours Cultural Tours & Charters www.bmgst.com (see ad) Leura 4784 2881
BLUE MOUNTAINS ARTISTS TRAIL www.bman.org.au/artstrail
GROUPS TOP JOIN
CAPELLA GROUPS See under MUSIC listings — New voices always welcome
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE BLUE MOUNTAINS French language courses & activities
PO Box 320 Katoomba 2780
ANSARI SUFI ORDER www.ansarisufiorder.com info@ansarisufiorder.com Woodford 4758
9085
BLACKHEATH ART SOCIETY Exhibitions, workshops. All ages & abilities info@blackheathart.com
138 Station Street, Blackheath 2785 www.blackheathart.com 4787 6016
BLUE FRINGE Arts Festival Mental Health Week - October Miriam Bevis 4759 3799
BLUE MOUNTAINS ARTISTS COMPANY www.bman.org.au 4757 4992
BLUE MOUNTAINS CITY BAND PO Box 234, Katoomba 2780 0411490569 / 4739 6294
BLUE MOUNTAINS CONCERT SOCIETY Subscriptions Caryn Eliot 4754 1742
BLUE MOUNTAINS CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC. Meets regularly at the Conservation
Hut,
Fletcher Street Wentworth Falls 4757 1872
BLUE MOUNTAINS CREATIVE ARTS CENTRE Gallery/exhibitions/classes (see ad) Glenbrook
0414226534
BLUE MOUNTAINS ORCHESTRA Classics/light classics Members aged 8-80, weekly rehearsals
Our aim is to have fun! Sue Hodge Springwood 4751 4853
BLUE MOUNTAINS MULTICULTURAL RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION Cho Kyung-mi 4758 6571
BLUE MOUNTAINS MUSICAL SOCIETY INC. bmmsmusicals@bmms.org.au 4739 0555
BLUE MOUNTAINS PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP Meets twice monthly Tony Waters Springwood 4758
8730
BLUE MOUNTAINS POTTERS 7.30 pm 2nd Thursday of the month & Glenbrook Phil Chaffey 4758 8654
BLUE MOUNTAINS SISTER CITIES COMMITTEE PO Box 702, Springwood 2777 Karen Ives
4780 5000
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xchanges with our sister cities in Sanda, Japan & Flagstaff, Arizona
BLUE MOUNTAINS TRITON & WOODWORKING CLUB INC.
Demonstrations & hands-on monthly meetings Blaxland 4751 8316
BRAEMAR GALLERY Friends of the Gallery Volunteers welcome Springwood 4723 5046
FELLOWSHIP OF AUSTRALIAN WRITERS 1st Sun. 2pm www.fawnsw.org.au
Springwood Neighbourhood Centre 4758 6303
GLENBROOK LIFE DRAWING GROUP Friday 10am-1pm Barbara Kent 9834 2034
GREATER LITHGOW ARTS COUNCIL Meets monthly PO Box 336 Lithgow 2790 Al Ritchie
6351 4779
LIFE DRAWING GROUPS Enquire at Blackheath Art Society, BM Creative Arts Centre...
LITHGOW MUSICAL SOCIETY INC. Broadway musical & Christmas spectacular annually
Rehearsals Mon & Thurs 7.30 pm Rae Burton Lithgow 6352 3546
LOWER BLUE MOUNTAINS CONCERT BAND Inc. Senior Band for all ages and Junior Band
for school-aged musicians. Performs at civic and community events. New members
welcome Some instruments available for loan Enquiries 4758 7876 4739 4949
MID-MOUNTAINS BRIDGE CENTRE Classes 4759 3008
MID-MOUNTAINS COMMUNITY CENTRE Mahjong Group (Rosemary 4758 1966) Scrabble Group
(Nance 4759 2647) www.midmountainsnc.org.au 4759 2592
MID-MOUNTAINS HISTORICAL SOCIETY Nance Cooper Lawson 4759 2647
MOUNTAIN OPERA CHORUS Ron Goldsmith Valley Heights 4751 2458
OBERON ARTS COUNCIL PO Box 421, Oberon Meets monthly charge@ix.net.au 6336 5144
ORPHEUS STRINGS ORCHESTRA Classical/chamber music Glen 0418251356
SOCIETY OF MOUNTAIN ARTISTS Monthly mtgs, demonstrations (see ad) www.hermes.net.au/sma
SPRINGWOOD ACOUSTIC CLUB Performance, storytelling, poetry,singing 4th Friday
7.30 pm eternitynow@tadaust.org.au Springwood Neighbourhood Centre 4721 4230
SPRINGWOOD COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE 22 Ferguson Road www.local.com.au/sac 4751 6742
springwoodcomartcentre@hotmail.com Springwood 4751 8862
UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE People over 55, $25 pa for any number of courses
u3anepoff@pnc.com.au 4722 3405
UPPER BLUE MOUNTAINS CAMERA CLUB Enquiries Dudley Whittaker Leura 4782 6626
VARUNA, THE WRITERS’ HOUSE Awards, fellowships, forums www.varuna.com.au Katoomba
4782 5674
WARRIMOO CHORALE Mixed choir of enthusiastic voices, community performances Sight
reading required f4754 2218
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