Management of places task

By: Avik and Jonah

WHERE IS THE
BLUE MOUNTAINS?
• Blue Mountains is in the eastern part of
New South Wales, Australia. The range
comprises a well-dissected sandstone
plateau that rises from an eastern
escarpment of 370–550 metres to 1,180
metres.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE BLUE
MOUNTAIN
• The Blue Mountains are about 300 million years old, but it’s said the rocks under the mountains
are about 470 million years old
• There are over 900 canyons
• Aboriginals have lived in the mountains for thousands of years
• There are 27 towns in the blue mountains
• Blue Mountains have the steepest railway system in the world
• The Blue Mountains National Park is NSW's busiest park, receiving about 3.5 to 4 million
visitors annually
• The Blue Mountains ended up with its name because of the blue colour it takes when
viewed from the distance. The blue tinge of the Blue Mountains is caused by the
dispersion of oils released by the eucalyptus trees. When these interact with short-wave
light, dust and water vapour, it creates a bluish color.
 For decades, the Blue
Mountains have been flogged by a
number of human pressures, such
What impact as an outdated sewage system from
the City of the Blue Mountains and
have people had pollution from coal mining.
on the Blue
Mountains?
WHAT IMPACT HAS The Blue Mountains provides the land for a nationally
significant transport corridor bridging the metropolitan and
THE BLUE coastal east with the rural central western hinterland of
New South Wales. The transport corridor continues to play
MOUNTAIINS HAD a vital role for transferring goods and people across the
State.
ON PEOPLE?
 For countless generations,
WHAT Aboriginal people have shared
SIGNIFIANCE the Blue Mountains land as
DOES THE BLUE their seasonal home, hunting
MOUNTAINS ground, and ceremonial place.
HAVE FOR THE
ABORIGINAL?
HOW IS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
MANAGED AND MAINTAINED?
A state government agency, the New South
Wales Office of Environment and Heritage
(NSWOEH), manages the area by
restricting where the people can walk and
explore and by not building new facilities
Limited bushwalking via defined corridors. No
camping, horse-riding, cycling or motorised
recreation. SCA Schedule One water quality
protection zone, i.e., land within 3km of whole
supply level of Lake Burragorang.
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%20decades%2C%20the%20Blue%20Mountains,and%20pollution%20fr
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way-retains-position-as-worlds-steepest-passenger-railway/https://ww
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position-as-worlds-steepest-passenger-railway/
• https://www.weekendnotes.com/fascinating-facts-blue-mountains/
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