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Ellen Hill is a journalist and writer who has lived, worked and played in the Blue Mountains for 30 years. She has been published in Australian Traveller, NRMA Open Road, Australian Good Food & Travel Guide, Australian Financial Review, New Zealand Herald and more.

Harmony, culture, nature, kinship at Sinofield

Just off the Great Western Highway near the village of Leura, where the World Heritage-listed national park meets the community, east meets the oldest continuous culture on earth in a yin and yang of harmony, kinship and respect.

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New flavours for heritage favourite

Restaurants in famous venues often rest in the love diners have for the building itself.

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Aunty Elly Chatfield: finding place in community

Grace. Humility. Wisdom. Community. Responsibility. Service.

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Australia’s first Yulefest destination

It’s been more than 40 years since hotel owner Gary Crockett put on a festive feast to ease the homesick pangs of a group of Irish travellers waxing nostalgic as snowflakes danced on the wind one freezing July evening.

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Grand Cliff Top Walk Itinerary

What if there was a way to experience the wildness of the big Blue – without sacrificing comfort?

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Romance rediscovered in Australia's honeymoon capital

By Ellen Hill

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