Bilpin
Bushfire-affected community asks for water storage, gets dance lessons
Resilience NSW officers determined in February the dance classes were “meritorious” but could not be funded under the bushfire recovery grants program. They funded them anyway.
- by Harriet Alexander
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NSW Rural Fire Service exonerates itself over backburn gone wrong
The NSW Rural Fire Service investigated itself and concluded that the Mount Wilson backburn was the result of “careful planning”.
- by Harriet Alexander
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Sydney
Good, good, good vibrations at High Hopes Roadhouse, Bilpin
Manoo Robertson and Sean Moran of Bondi's Sean's Panaroma are serving up old-fashioned country comfort at this roadside cottage in the Blue Mountains.
- by Terry Durack
In the line of fire: the summer that changed us
This bushfires photographic special is our way of recognising all that has happened to our fellow Australians, and all that has been done and continues to be done by the incredible people leading the fight and recovery.
Bilpin businesses open doors to tourists in bushfire recovery operation
The Blue Mountains town of Bilpin is welcoming tourists back to the area after a fire tore through in December.
- by Laura Chung and Nick Moir
Dramatic footage shows Bilpin family home engulfed by blaze
A family have captured the terrifying moments an unstoppable bushfire threatened to engulf their property in Bilpin, north-west of Sydney.
- by Kate Aubusson
'Watch it all burn': Bilpin residents lose homes, businesses in fire
Margaret Tadrosse, the owner of popular tourist spot the Bilpin Fruit Bowl, which has been almost completely destroyed by Saturday's bushfires, said many residents have lost something over the weekend.
- by Laura Chung, Pallavi Singhal and Nick Moir
'Waiting, waiting, waiting': Bilpin's day of reckoning arrives
Flames filled the tree canopy and fire whirls appeared when the main front of the Gospers Mountain backburn caught up with a spot fire.
- by Laura Chung and Nick Moir
'Beyond human control': Huge fire enters the Grose Valley
Blue Mountains towns are bracing for a heightened fire threat as blazes expand and communities and volunteers tally the toll after yet more homes were lost.
- by Peter Hannam
Firefighters lose control of 'mega-blaze' backburn, homes destroyed
A bushfire emergency in the Blue Mountains on Sunday night was caused by a backburn that got away, the Rural Fire Service has confirmed.
- by Jenny Noyes, Nick Moir, Laura Chung and Peter Hannam
Pick your own apples season in Bilpin, Blue Mountains, NSW
A simple activity is luring families to the fringes of NSW's Blue Mountains, with adult indulgences part of the package.
- by Julie Miller
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