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Gazette photographer Simon Bennett was out-and-about in the Hawkesbury assessing the current lay of the land on Friday, March 4.

PICTURES | Shots from around the Hawkesbury from Friday, March 4.

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Police have arrested 25 men over clashes between rival clans in the NT community of Wadeye.

Dozens arrested in NT over violent riots

PM Anthony Albanese says it's inevitable Australia will roll out additional vaccine booster shots.

COVID boosters a matter of urgency: PM

Retiring District 9685 Governor Lindsay May of Lane Cove Rotary inducts Mina Howard as his successor - under supervision of his wife Tania, and Mina's husband Larry and grandsons Eli and Seth.

Mina Howard of Blackheath Rotary is the new Governor of Rotary District 9685.

Blackheath Rotarian inducted as new District Governor

Twelve people have been charged with murder over the death a diabetic Queensland girl.

Twelve face court over Qld girl's murder

The Russian embassy says a ban on Russia and Belarus teams will be contrary to the Olympic spirit.

Aust, US sports bodies call for Russia ban

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Leura Westpac to close its doors on July 29.

Leura Westpac to close permanently on July 29

NSW Metro v Victoria Metro at Ballarat basketball stadium Victoria, in April this year. Picture: Jaylee Ismay, NSW Basketball.

Katoomba High's Caitlyn Martin is heading off to America to play basketball before college scouts these school holidays.

Caitlyn headed for US to play for college basketball scouts

Blue Mountains residents have been urged to limit travel locally after the area was declared a natural disaster area.

Blue Mountains residents urged to limit travel; Blaxland Library, sportsgrounds closed

Damage from the landslip near Mount Victoria that has closed the rail line between the village and Katoomba. Picture posted by Sam Farraway.

Weather, industrial action affect train travel.

Blue Mountains weather: Wednesday, July 6 update

Complete with disco ball: The scheduled opening of the $4 million dollar half-sized ice skating rink has been delayed by a month. It's hoped it's opening will fill the void left by Penrith's Ice Palace which closed last week.

Just as Penrith's Ice Palace became a casualty of the COVID pandemic with its final skate session on Wednesday June 29, Jerry Schwartz's Blue Mountains Ice Skating Rink is getting set to open at the Fairmont Resort.

Fairmont Resort's ice skating rink ready to open to public

Katoomba Fire and Rescue Station officers helped rescue 14 greyhounds and two adults from a flooded property at Londonderry in Sydney's north-west this morning.

Fourteen greyhounds rescued in floods

Trains are not running between Katoomba and Mt Victoria due to a landslip near Mt Victoria.

PICTURES: Landslip closes Blue Mountains rail line between Katoomba and Mount Victoria

A team from South Katoomba Rural Fire Brigade works on a pulley system in the Megalong Valley on July 4. Picture: South Katoomba RFB.

Firefighters and police set up a pulley system in the Megalong Valley to get vital supplies to people stranded by flood waters.

Firefighters and police get supplies to stranded campers in Megalong Valley

Ford Reserve crossing in the Megalong Valley. Picture: Blue Mountains SES

Blue Mountains SES kept busy as wet weather hits again

Gorricks Lane, Freemans Reach - Monday morning (July 4). 

Pictures from across the community during the current flood emergency.

PICTURES | Floods across the Hawkesbury - July, 2022

Windsor Bridge under water on Monday morning. This picture was taken by the Life Traffic NSW camera at George Street looking north towards Windsor Bridge. Picture: Live Traffic NSW

The Hawkesbury River had reached 12.63 metres at Windsor and was still rising at 10.45am Monday morning.

Road closures as Windsor, Richmond, Yarramundi bridges under water

Flooding at Windsor on Sunday. Picture: PolAir - NSW Police Force Aviation Command/Facebook

Major flooding is now occurring at North Richmond and Windsor, however rain seems to be easing around the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, and officials are hopeful that the worst is behind us.

Rains easing as major flooding affects Windsor, North Richmond

Mark Jarvis, president of Katoomba Chamber of Commerce and Community, with Noel Rath, president of the Blue Mountains Hospital Auxiliary at the sign opposite Katoomba hospital.

Council backs new Blue Mountains hospital bid

Better days ahead: Springwood's Amanda Spratt hopes surgery will see her return to form. 

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Amanda Spratt will undergo surgery to prolong her cycling career

Spratt to contest Le Tour De France Femmes

Blue Mountains residents have become less religious in the last five years, the 2021 census has revealed.

Like the rest of Australia, Blue Mountains residents are identifying as less religious: 2021 Census

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Just 9mm of rain across the Mountains in June.

Just 9mm of rain across the Mountains in June

Onlookers watch the rising flood waters at Windsor Bridge during the March 2022 floods. Picture: Sarah Falson

The BOM has issued Flood Watch Number 2 - which provides early advice of possible flooding.

Major flooding possible in Hawkesbury-Nepean this weekend: BOM

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Public Health Director, Dr Victor Carey.

Blue Mountains residents have been urged to get a flu shot with the state's free vaccination program extended until July 17.

Free flu shots extended until July 17 as Blue Mountains vaccination figures lag

Young musicians: Jude Macarthur of Katoomba and Giulietta Kistan of Warrimoo. Picture by Robert Catto

Young talent given instruction by some of the best musicians.

Local musicians shine in adult orchestra

Katoomba RSPCA shelter: Temporarily closed because of staff shortages.

RSPCA shelter at Katoomba temporarily closed.

RSPCA's Katoomba shelter temporarily closed

On the beat: New police officers at Springwood Police Station, from left, Joseph Young, Sara Buchtmann and Cameron Harband.

The Blue Mountains police ranks have grown with three new probationary constables starting duties.

New Blue Mountains police officers start work at Springwood

Denise and Mathew Brajkovic with their children Audrey, 6, and Cohen, 14. Denise holds a photo of their son Julian who died from a severe enterovirus infection in 2019.

A Wentworth Falls couple will launch a charity in memory of their son Julian at the Grandview Hotel on July 9.

Blue Mountains family hold fundraiser for son who died from enterovirus infection

Ready to snuff your torch: Lawson resident Eli Maynard will host the fan-made series, Sydney Survivor, which will be filmed in Katoomba.

A Survivor superfan who is about to host his own fan-made version of the smash-hit reality television show in the Blue Mountains.

Survivor superfan recreates reality TV show in Katoomba for YouTube series

Bob Clark of Bob's Biscuits at the Springwood Growers Market.

Blue Mountains business, Bob's Biscuits, is hitting the sweet spot since launching in 2020.

Bob's Biscuits are hitting the sweet spot

Springwood swimmer Matt Wilson has made his third FINA World Championships team. Picture: Facebook

Springwood swimmer Matt Wilson will head to Hungary later this month after making his third FINA World Championships team.

Matt Wilson off to third World Championships and second Commonwealth Games

Springwood resident Graham Toulmin signs copies of his memoirs, Long Road to Zaire, at the book's launch at The Factory in Springwood.

Long Road to Zaire chronicles the journey that led Springwood dentist Graham Toulmin and his wife Wendy to relocate their young family to Africa in the 1980s.

Springwood dentist chronicles his African odyssey in new memoirs

Blue Mountains Musical Society gives local audiences that "old razzle dazzle" with its latest production, Chicago.

Chicago proves crime does pay for Blue Mountains Musical Society

Blue Mountains duo, Hermitude, will launch their latest album at Vivid Sydney on June 2.

Hermitude will officially launch their new album at the Sydney Opera House on June 2 as part of Vivid LIVE.