Blue Labyrinth Book

[DaveNoble]

I was at the launch on Saturday of Bruce Cameron's new book on the Blue Labyrinth. It is "A History of the Blue Labyrinth, Blue Mountains National Park". It is the second edition, the first was published way back in 1992. Compared to the first edition, this one is quite different. It is much expanded. The first was 162 pages in A5 size, soft cover and black and white. The new edition is 352 pages, A4, hard cover and contains a lot of colour pictures - photographs and maps as well as a lot of historic black and white photographs. This is a major publication that will appeal to bushwalkers who walk in the Greater Blue Mountains.

Bruce Cameron knows the area well. He grew up in the Glenbrook area - one of the gateways to the Labyrinth, and has spent many years bushwalking and rock climbing there. His historic research has been quite breathtaking. He has unearthed many incredible old bushwalking photographs. If you want to know about early mining and grazing, plane crashes, serial killers, early bushwalkers and poets, historic caves, craters like St Helena and Tobys Glen, and the heart of the labyrinth - the wild Erskine Creek - then this book in the place to look.

Two editions - old and new

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I'm not sure yet if you can buy the book online, but I expect it to be available from Blue Mountains bookshops and Summit shops in Glenbrook and Katoomba. Cost is about $60 I think.

Dave

[DaveNoble]

Copies may be obtained from the following outlets:

NPWS Blackheath
Glenbrook Visitor Information Centre
The Turning Page Book Shop Springwood
Megalong Books Leura
Summit Gear outdoor stores Glenbrook and Katoomba
Glee Books Blackheath

[jonnosan]

Looking forward to getting my hands an a copy of the new edition.

[johnw]

Copies may be obtained from the following outlets:

NPWS Blackheath
Glenbrook Visitor Information Centre
The Turning Page Book Shop Springwood
Megalong Books Leura
Summit Gear outdoor stores Glenbrook and Katoomba
Glee Books Blackheath

Glenbrook Visitor Information Centre has run out of stock. I called in there on Saturday on my way to do a walk. The last copy was bought by a staff member (who was kind enough to let me leaf through their copy). I believe they expect to get more stock but unknown when. I also called into Summit Gear nearby. I couldn't see it on display and staff were busy with people trying on boots. It was getting late and I was keen to get to my walk so didn't wait around to ask if they had it. Looks like Megalong Books might have stock. Next time I'm near there I'll check.

[DaveNoble]

A friend picked up a copy at The Turning Page bookstore in Springwood, a week or two ago. They seemed to have a very good local books collection.

Dave

[tom_brennan]

Megalong Books had stock a couple of weeks ago. It was a bit more expensive - $65 - but by the time I'd taken it to the counter, I wasn't going to bother driving somewhere else.

[johnw]

I went up the mountains for another walk on Saturday. Rang Turning Page and Summit Gear Glenbrook before leaving home. Both had stock but Turning Page price was $65-00 and Summit Gear was $59-95. So I called in to Glenbrook and bought a copy there. I've only had time to skim through the book so far but it looks really interesting. Having visited many of the areas covered I'm keen to read it in detail. Apart from the great photos I love the old maps and other documents.

As an aside does anyone know the location of the "Rest House" in Sassafras Gully (possibly ruins or nothing left by now)? I don't know if it's mentioned in the book, but it came up for discussion a few weeks ago when in the bush with an acquaintance who had a old photo and is on a bit of a mission to find it. If location can be shared but considered sensitive please PM rather than post on the forum.

Rest House, Sassafras Gully, Springwood By Broadhurst, William Henry, 1855-1927
From the collections of the State Library of NSW

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