Barry, Andrew and all,
Yes, the recent fire did indeed affect the Blue Gum Swamp area and
the track is currently closed. From the OEH website
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/FireClosure.aspx :
"The Shaws Ridge Precinct of Blue Mountains National Park remains
closed until further notice. This includes the Blue Gum Swamp, Shaws
Ridge and Springwood Ridge Fire Trails."
There are plenty of other great places to go in the Blue Mountains.
Many of the lower mountains creekside walks give you nice wet-forest
habitat and good bird diversity at this time of year. For example I'd
suggest somewhere like Birdwood Gully at Springwood, or Murphys Glen
south of Woodford.
Cheers,
Carol
At 1:52 PM +1000 19/9/13, Andrew Taylor wrote:
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 12:57:18PM -0400, wrote:
I'm an American birder who is going to be in Sydney next week, and I would
love to go birding at Blue Gum Swamp in Winmalee.
There was a bushfire last week not far from Blue Gum Swamp.
Maybe a Blue Mountains birder can tell us (probably a few
people on the list interested) how Blue Gum Swamp was affected
by the fire and the backburning to control it.
Andrew
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