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The local Orange Aboriginal community say they haven’t been consulted about the proposed bike trails on Mt Canobolas, which is a sacred site, housing many Indigenous cultural artefacts. Neil and Gregory Ingram from the Orange Aboriginal community said the Orange City Council hasn’t asked them about their concerns for the project. The Ingrams said theyContinue reading “MEDIA REPORT | Local Aboriginal community not consulted on bike trails”

Mount Canobolas is giving up its secrets. Who knew it had so many? I’ve been exploring parts of ‘The Mountain’ for over forty years and it’s only recently I came to understand how little we really know about it, and what a fascinating story it has to tell. Mount Canobolas is the iconic backdrop toContinue reading “Feature Article | Secret Treasures of Mt Canobolas”

As a major Wiradjuri place, Mt Canobolas was an important occupation site used for the sourcing and sharing of food, medicines and tools, and for corroborees and ceremonies particularly relating to men’s business. To the Wiradjuri people Gaanha-bula is a place of spiritual connection through worship of Baiame (the Creator God and Sky Father) andContinue reading “Facebook Video | The Significance of Gaanha-bula (Mt Canobolas) to the Wiradjuri People”

Orange City Council’s (OCC) plan for a mountain biking centre in the Mt Canobolas State Conservation Area (SCA) is a brazen assault on nature conservation. In the midst of the Sixth Great Extinction of life on Earth, OCC sees no issue with taking over an area legally dedicated to nature conservation for mountain biking. ItContinue reading “Letter to the Editor | Mountain Biking a Brazen Assault on Nature Conservation”

Gaanha-bula (Mt Canobolas) is a significant cultural and spiritual place for the Wiradjuri people as a men’s initiation site and site for corroboree and ceremonies (burbung). Signs of aboriginal occupation are abundant, including stone tools and flakes from tool-making. Wiradjuri elder, Uncle Neil Ingram, relates the dreaming story of Gaanha-bula here.

The wet and misty peaks of Mount Canobolas are home to ninety species of lichens, encrusting rocks, soil and trees, including four species that occur nowhere else on earth. A rare endemic community dominated by foliose Xanthoparmelia species is listed as Endangered and also occurs only on the higher parts of the Volcanic Complex. LichensContinue reading “Lichen wonderland – Mt Canobolas SCA”

The Canobolas Conservation Alliance has released a new report by environmental consultant, Dr Colin Bower, on the outstanding biodiversity values of the Mt Canobolas State Conservation Area (SCA). The report has been released to Orange City Council and its consultants following Council’s mountain biking forum last Thursday at which Council concluded there was plenty ofContinue reading “PRESS RELEASE | Conservation Alliance Releases New Report on Mt Canobolas”

The summit car park will be sealed and new lookouts and a larger amenities block will be built in a $2 million upgrade of Mount Canobolas announced on Thursday. Work will start in January on the project which will take about 18 months to complete. It will include providing a new lookout at the north-eastContinue reading “PRESS ARTICLE | New Amenities on Mt Canobolas”