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Name:
Lightning Swamp
Description:

Is near the junction of Blackfellows Hand Trail and Beecroft Firetrail. This is the headwaters of the Wolgan River. Ref: Interview with Dick Bird, 29th January 2010, who recalled his father, Jim, cut timber for power poles in this area, 1940s. Correspondence with Danny Whitty, 3rd July 2010. Danny used the names Lightning Tree Swamp and Lightning Tree Gully. Also more recently known by the name Junction Swamp

Maps:
  • Lithgow
Grid Reference:
  • 360 030
Location:
Newnes State Forest
Status:
Threatened
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Dry Canyon in the Gardens of Stone