The Latest Breaking News from the Blue Mountains

Mother charged with murder after child stabbed to death

A mother has been charged with murder after her and three children were found inside a car in the Blue Mountains with stab wounds.

AAP · Sep 22

In 1992, a tanker crash in Australia's Blue Mountains was doused with PFAS foam; 33 years on, tap water tested 300 times above the safe limit

A 1992 petrol tanker crash in Australia's Blue Mountains caused PFAS contamination. Firefighters used foam containing these chemicals. Decades later, water supplies remain polluted. This highlights the persistent nature of 'forever chemicals'. The contamination went undetected for years. Similar issues are seen at military sites in the United States. The…

The Economic Times · Jun 16

‘Maybe the suffering is the point’: what does it take to run 163km up and down a mountain?

Guardian Australia joins ultrarunner Joanne Walker in an excruciating race through the Blue Mountains, where men outnumber women four to one

The Guardian - AU · May 22

Ice Age shelter high up in the Blue Mountains reveals Aboriginal heritage from 20,000 years ago

Travel back 20,000 years into the last Ice Age, to a time when the upper reaches of the Blue Mountains were treeless and the ridgelines and mountain peaks laden in snow and ice.

The Conversation · Jun 16, 2025

Where is Ten Pound Poms season 2 filmed and which year is it set?

Viewers tuning into the highly anticipated second season of Ten Pound Poms are eager to know where the show is filmed and which year the action takes place

Woman & Home · Mar 10, 2025

Father farewells 'cheeky old souls' at sons' funeral

Young brothers Russell and Ben Smith have been remembered as loving friends and children at a private funeral at a church in the Blue Mountains.

AAP · Sep 25, 2024

'Still safe': PFAS detected in Blue Mountains water

Drinking water in the Blue Mountains remains safe, authorities say after new testing unearthed high levels of PFAS.

AAP · Sep 17, 2024

Mother charged with murder after death of two sons

A mother has been charged with murder after her two boys were found dead in a Blue Mountains home.

AAP · Sep 13, 2024

Murder trial seeks truth in girl's tragic visit to mum

A jury trial is seeking to uncover how a nine-year-old's visit to her mum in the Blue Mountains for the Christmas holidays ended in her tragic death.

AAP · May 17, 2024

Accused killer says mum pulled the trigger on her girl

A man on trial for murdering nine-year-old Charlise Mutten allegedly told her mother he was searching for the girl, while attempting to dispose of her body.

AAP · May 13, 2024