Saving The Blue Mountains Wild Rivers

I attended the campaign launch at Springwood for the Campaign to Save the Blue Mountains Wild Rivers. It was held  at the Springwood Community Hub on the evening of 26 March. The hall was packed to overflowing with concerned people.

People came along because they were concerned about the loss of wilderness, the loss of aboriginal heritage and the destruction of wild rivers. This will be the result of the NSW Government’s plans to raise Warragamba Dam.

The principal guests were Bob Brown, former leader of the Greens Party and well know for his work in saving the Franklin River in Tasmania and Bob Debus, former NSW Environment Minister.

Before the meeting, there was a media event at the Sublime Point Lookout at Leura, with Bob Brown and Bob Debus.

At the meeting at Springwood, it was in the format of a forum. It was chaired by Tara Cameron of the Blue Mountains Conservation Society with members of the audience asking question to both Bobs. A good summary of the discussion can be found in this report in the Blue Mountains Gazette.

Here are two videos outlining some of the issues –

One from Harry Burkitt for the Colong Foundation for Wilderness.

and this one from Justin Field, Greens MLC –

The campaign will be continuing!

What you can do – 

Please write letters to politicians. The Premier and The Minister for the Environment in particular.

Become a supporter, see the website for the campaign.

Please donate to the campaign via this crowd funding page.

Discuss the issues with your friends and colleagues.


The Kowmung River, one the Blue Mountains Rivers, is within Kanangra Boyd and Blue Mountains National Parks.

The Kowmung River is one of 7 Wild Rivers declared in NSW. And from the Government’s webpage –

Declaring rivers as ‘wild’ ensures that their high conservation values are maintained and that Aboriginal objects and places associated with them are identified, conserved and protected.

The Kowmung River is within the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.

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