Tag: Blue Mountains

It seems Prince William was keen to be part of the action as he watched teenagers abseil at Narrow Neck Lookout in the Blue Mountains during the royal tour of Australia.

A triumphant Fire Commissioner has said strategic planning and aggressive back burning has paid off, and the major fire threat authorities had anticipated in the Blue Mountains has been averted.

Three top-level emergency warnings have been declared in NSW affecting residents in the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands.

One man has died and hundreds of homes have been feared lost as firefighters labour to control some of the worst blazes NSW has ever seen.

Hundreds of properties are feared lost in bushfires around NSW, and it will be a miracle if no lives are lost says Premier.

A British-Australian man, Gary Tweddle, who went missing in the Blue Mountains has been farewelled at a service in Sydney, with his father paying tribute to those who searched for him.

Australian police have reached a body in the Blue Mountains which they believe to be that of missing British-Australian man Gary Tweddle. The body was found 2km from where the 23-year-old was last seen alive seven weeks ago.

There has been a reported sighting of a body in bushland in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, suspected to be that of missing British-born Australian man Gary Tweddle.

The father of missing British-Australian man Gary Tweddle has returned to the UK as the search for his son in the Blue Mountains approaches a month.

The father of missing British-Australian man Gary Tweddle has said that the search effort will change focus towards a recovery mission rather than a search and rescue operation.

Family members of missing British-Australian man Gary Tweddle have flown from the UK to the Blue Mountains as the search to find him enters its second week.

The family of missing British-Australian man Gary Tweddle have flown from the UK to Sydney to join search efforts in the Blue Mountains.

Police have expressed "growing concerns" for missing British-Australian man Gary Tweddle as search efforts in the Blue Mountains enter their third day.

23-year-old Gary Tweddle went missing in the Blue Mountains in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with search efforts entering their second night.

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