2009 February | The Echo

School of Rock

12. February 2009

School of Rock The Waratah School of Music concluded their summer school programme with a surprise guest. Musician Jon English (above) spent the last day of school with the students, telling them about his experiences – and more importantly, playing music with them. “People in the street were stopping to listen,” said Tracey Campbell, co-founder of the [...]

Commuters

12. February 2009

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The Blue Mountains Commuters and Transport Users Association are advocates for all public transport users in the Mountains. They have been active in representing the needs of commuters using all modes of transport since 1983, and meet regularly with Railcorp, and when needs be, with local MPs. They are currently seeking improvements to rail and bus [...]

Award for Local Film Maker

12. February 2009

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National Pass, the award winning film by Katoomba film maker Gary Caganoff, was recently shown at The Edge. The National Pass is the Blue Mountains most popular bushwalking track, a two and a half kilometre “engineering feat” which clings to a narrow ledge halfway up a 250 metre cliff face. It was built 100 years [...]

Fruit & Nut Tree Network

12. February 2009

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The Network is initially gathering information to update existing Council maps of fruit and nut trees on public land, and hope to produce a new map, showing areas growing specific kinds of fruit and nut trees in the Blue Mountains. Anitra Nelson, who is heading the project, says the new map will draw on information [...]

International Day Of People With A Disability

12. February 2009

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The Katoomba Civic Centre came alive with the laughter and dance of 60 adults and school children with a disability recently to celebrate International Day of People with a Disability. Blue Mountains City Council, in partnership with Blue Print Disability Enterprises and Eloura Blue Mountains Disability Services, organised the United Nations-sanctioned Day to celebrate the abilities [...]

Katoomba RSL Swimming Club Make History

12. February 2009

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Simon O’Toole, Jake Post, Brian DeBono, Josh Watkins from Katoomba RSL Swimming created club history when they qualified and competed at the NSW Swimming State Age Championships. This is the first time that Katoomba RSL has qualified relay teams at State Swimming. The Katoomba RSL Swimming team qualified for both the medley and freestyle 200m relays [...]