Useful Links
Weather: www.bom.gov.au www.weatherzone.com.au
Snowy Mts District Forecasting:
http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts/snowy.shtml
Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs: www.bushwalking.org.au
Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Squad: www.bwrs.org.au
National Parks: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/
Park Closures (Fires, Floods): http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/FireClosure.aspx
Tides: http://www.tide-times.com.au/area_NSW/Sydney.html
Sunrise/Sunset: http://www.astronomyinyourhands.com/cgi/sunsetmoonphase.cgi
Land and Property Management Authority: http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au/
Topographic Maps (LPMA):
http://www.lpma.nsw.gov.au/mapping_and_imagery/maps
Public Transport: www.131500.com.au
Sydney Catchment Authority: http://www.sca.nsw.gov.au/
Sydney Catchment Special Areas: http://www.sca.nsw.gov.au/recreation/access-in-special-areas
Dinner Options after a walk: Here's a great site http://fatcanyoners.org/good-grub-guide/ by this group of Sydney Uni Bushwalkers/Canyoners (yes, they call themselves the Fat Canyoners) who've rated (and mapped) a bunch of dinner options after a walk. All over the Blue Mountains and a few other options.
Bushwalk.com Forum: http://bushwalk.com/forum/ Here you will find discussions on gear, food, routes and regions. Originally focused on Tasmanian bushwalking, it is now nationwide with 2750 members, including several SBW members.
Environmental & Cultural Links
http://wildernesstruths.com
Assessment of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Values
www.worldheritage.org.au Beautiful site with great 360 imagery of the Blue Mountains World Heritage areas.
Friends of the Brush Tailed Rock Wallaby
Clubs & Associations
Bushwalk Australia: http:www.bushwalk.com
An online community for bushwalkers with a great forum and a repository of useful bushwalking related information.
Kosciuszko Huts Association: http://www.kosciuszkohuts.org.au/index.html
KHuts: http://www.khuts.org/
Newcastle Bushwalking Club: http://sites.google.com/site/newcastlebushwalker
Northern Rivers Bushwalking Club: http://northernriversbushwalkersclub.org.au/
In September 2010, an informal affiliation was made between the SBW and NRB clubs in order to promote interaction for the mutual benefit of each clubs' members. To read more about what the affiliation entails, click to read this document - SBW and the Northern Rivers Bushwalking Club Informal Affiliation (PDF 74 KB)
Victorian and NSW Alpine Huts: http://www.gmduncan.com/Aussie_Huts/
Victorian High Country Huts Association: http://www.vhcha.org.au/index.html/
Navigation (and fitness) Training via Orienteering and Rogaining
Orienteering NSW: http://www.nsw.orienteering.asn.au/
NSW Rogaining Association: http://www.nswrogaining.org/
Bennelong Northside Orienteers: http://bennelong.nsw.orienteering.asn.au/
Short courses in Sydney parks on summer nights
Sydney Summer Series: http://www.sydneysummerseries.com.au/
Events
Confederation's Navigation Shield Event - NavShield: http://www.bwrs.org.au/?q=NavShield
(held 1st weekend in July each year)
Track Notes
Great Ocean Walk and Bimbi Park: http://www.greatoceanwalk.asn.au/general_info.html