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Ironfest LEG at Ironfest
GOS Banner Drop LEG participated in Gardens of Stone banner drop
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The Lithgow Environment Group
seeks to preserve the balance of
nature in its region.

This is especially important given the impacts
of the area’s industrial heritage.
Chris Jonkers wins Milo Dunphy Award.    more ...

Delta Electricity admits to polluting the
Coxs River and agrees to take action!    more ...
Latest News & Views
All the news can be found on our News page

♦ Mining company to pay for environmental damage
♦ Delta Electricity admits to polluting the Coxs River
♦ Labor opposed to open-cut mining in Cullen Bullen
♦ NSW Review of planning legislation
♦ New population of Persoonia marginata found
♦ LEG proves that industry is polluting our waterways
♦ Open Cut Mines - A Cut Too Far   (Lithgow Mercury letter)
♦ EDO Mining Workshop - Lithgow 17 March.
♦ Gardens of Stone Visitors Map.
♦ New Aboriginal Hands Site Discovered.
♦ Blue Green Algae Alert.
♦ Council fined $130K for destroying endangered plants.
Lithgow Environment Group Watches
Stream Watch webpage Stream Watch
Platypus Watch webpage Platypus Watch
Flora Watch webpage Flora Watch
Swamp Watch webpage Swamp Watch
Mine Watch webpage Mine Watch
Council Watch webpage
Council Watch
Climate Watch webpage Climate Watch
Eastern Water Dragon Newnes Plateau Banksia - Banksia penicillata Nymphoides montana


Baal Bone
A rock formation at Baal Bone.

The Lithgow region contains some of the most biodiverse bushland in the Greater Blue Mountains.

Our aim is to promote and protect this rich natural heritage.

The Lithgow Environment Group meets
monthly and everyone is welcome to attend.

For more details about the Group go here.


350 campaign

The City of Lithgow (population 21,000) is on the Great Western Highway 150 km west of Sydney, and was named after William Lithgow.

To its east is the World Heritage Blue Mountains National Park and the Wollemi National Park (home of the Jurassic-age Wollemi Pine).

Although founded in 1824, it was not until the western railway line was constructed to Lithgow, in 1869, that the town prospered.
Wallerawang Power Station and its ash dam
Wallerawang Power Station and its ash dam.

Heavy industry in the Lithgow area consists of power stations and coal mines.

The coal-fired power stations are Mount Piper and Wallerawang.

Both power stations get their water from the Cox's River (which flows into Warragamba Dam) and their coal locally.

There are 11 operational coal mines in the Lithgow region which produce over 16 MTPA (million tonnes per annum).


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