Blue Mountains
The $100 million windfall that quickly turned from a blessing into a curse
With Barack Obama and Ellen DeGeneres plugging the cause, donations poured into a bushfire emergency fund. Infighting followed.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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‘Major failure’: Key Blue Mountains highway to be closed for at least three months
With 12,000 vehicles using the road every day, the prolonged blockage will affect the delivery times and cost of produce from the region to Sydney.
- Bevan Shields
What to see (and how to see it) at the 2026 Biennale of Sydney
A critic’s guide to the highlights of the event, which spreads from the Nepean River to Sydney Harbour.
- Joanna Mendelssohn
‘Mind-blowing’: How a convict-built crossing closed a Blue Mountains highway
The Great Western Highway is now shut indefinitely, as a stone causeway that’s almost 200 years old threatens to collapse under the weight of neglect and political indecision.
- Bevan Shields
This tunnel was once used to store chemical weapons. It could become a bike path
For 10 years, this greater Sydney tunnel has remained closed. Now, it could reopen under a bold plan – if the council secures more funding.
- Ellie Busby
This beach was crowned Australia’s best. Is it being ‘loved to death’?
An increasing number of Australian natural wonders have become so popular, so rapidly, authorities are being forced to consider limiting public access to them.
- Bianca Hall
Family mourns teen bushwalker, an ‘adventurous boy’ with a kind heart
Andre Marquez, 16, was found dead in a creek in the Blue Mountains after becoming separated from his friend during a three-day bushwalk.
- Jack Gramenz
The Good Food Guide to a road trip to the Blue Mountains
Ham and bechamel croissants from Black Cockatoo bakery, loaded Lebanese wraps from Cedar Kebab Cafe and dinner at Megalong Restaurant should be on every Blue Mountains food trail.
- Erina Starkey and Good Food Guide reviewers
‘It’s time to say goodbye’: Hundreds farewell the last V-set train
They travelled from Lithgow to make sure they got a seat, snuck on at Parramatta and cheered at Central.
- Ellie Busby
Boy found dead after bushwalker rescued in Blue Mountains tragedy
A 16-year-old boy has died and his 17-year-old friend has been winched to safety from a secluded campsite in a “very hostile” area west of Sydney.
- Jack Gramenz