Tuesday 21 January 2014

Capertee Valley a national treasure

Capertee Valley a national treasure

Lithgow Mercury Jan. 16,2014,4 a.m.

REVIEWING HIS GOVERNMENT'S WORK: Member for
Bathurst Paul Toole (left) with Capertee Valley Alliance Group
member Donna Upton and president of the Capertee Valley
Progress Association Karl Hansen.

MEMBER for Bathurst Paul Toole recently undertook a tour of the CaperteeValley as the guest of the Capertee Valley Alliance and the Capertee Valley Progress Association.

"The visit allowed me to see some of the signage works across the Valley that were undertaken following funding by the NSW Government to the Lithgow City Council," Mr Toole said.

"It is always pleasing to actually see the wonderful results at the completion of these projects. "The Capertee valley is one of the most spectacular international locations."The valley is a World Heritage listed wilderness.

The Capertee valley is the world's second largest canyon and is a kilometre longer than the Grand Canyon, but not quite as deep with the most incredible panoramic views across the valley this is a unique and beautiful landscape that we all should take the time to enjoy.

Capertee valley abounds in flora and wildlife and is home to more species of birds than anywhere else in the Southern Hemisphere, making the valley a bird watchers paradise .
There is enormous tourism potential in the Capertee valley and these are the types of projects that make it much simpler for visitors to traverse the area and to understand what it has to offer.

''The community spirit of residents across the valley is outstanding with volunteers giving hours of their time in cleaning up sites and ensuring that this environmental treasure is maintained for the enjoyment of all visitors.
"Each of them are to be congratulated for their commitment and dedication."
The great Australian balladeer, Henry Lawson paused in the Capertee valley long enough to draw inspiration from this dramatic landscape in his poem "Song of the Old Bullock Driver:

Then slowly we crawled
by the trees that kept tally,
Of the miles that were passed
on the long journey down,
We saw the wild country
of the Capertee valley
As slowly we rounded
the base of the Crown.

With thanks to Capertee Valley Alliance

Capertee Community Christmas Party!

Capertee and District Progress Association would like to thank everyone who attended our end of year celebration! 

Although we didn't get the number of attendees that we were hoping for, fun was had by all!

We would especially like to thank Judy Eckersley, Kathy Shipp and Lesley Duncan for all of the hard work that they put in to organising this event!

The highlight of the night was a visit from Santa which the children all loved!

We'd also like to thank; Airly Coal, Williams Butchery Portland, Capertee Royal Hotel, Stan Stanford, Dylan Lilley of the Capertee RFS, and the community that attended.