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The fire peaked on 18 October, with the main concern placed on residents living in the Chain Valley Bay area. [50] Large areas of forest in the Munmorah State Conservation Area were burned. [41] On 17 October fires forced the closure of the Pacific Highway in both directions between Swansea and Lake Munmorah. [51]
The Central Tablelands in New South Wales is a geographic area that lies between the Sydney Metropolitan Area and the Central Western Slopes and Plains. The Great Dividing Range passes in a north–south direction through the Central Tablelands and includes the Blue Mountains .
It has an area of 63,262 square kilometres (24,426 sq mi). [2] The region also includes the sub-region known as the Central Tablelands, located in the eastern part of the region. The region known as the Orana, which includes the area surrounding Dubbo is typically classed as being a part of the Central West also.
The Blue Mountains, Southern Tablelands and Central Tablelands, which are situated on the Great Dividing Range, have mild or warm summers and cold winters, although not as cold as those in the Snowy Mountains. [3] The highest maximum temperature recorded was 49.7 °C (121 °F) at Menindee on 10 January 1939 and at Bourke. [10]
Point Lookout, New England National Park, NSW Rocky ridges like this are scattered across the New England landscape. The topography of the region is dominated by the Northern Tablelands plateau. The eastern side of the plateau is drained by the various headwaters and tributaries of the Clarence River, Hastings River and the Macleay River. The ...
The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, [a] or Black Summer, was one of the most intense and catastrophic fire seasons on record in Australia.It included a period of bushfires in many parts of Australia, which, due to its unusual intensity, size, duration, and uncontrollable dimension, was considered a megafire by media at the time.
Lies between the Mid North Coast and the Central Coast, and includes the valley of the Hunter River (which extends far inland between the Northern Tablelands and the Central West), as well as the Newcastle–Lake Macquarie conurbation, the second largest urban area in NSW. South Coast: Illawarra: Coastal region between Royal National Park and ...
Mount Bindo, a mountain on the Great Dividing Range, is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.. With an elevation of 1,364 metres (4,475 ft) above sea level, [1] [2] Mount Bindo is one of the highest points on the Central Tablelands and attracts regular light snowfalls in winter.