Thursday 17 October
Fire and smoke in the power station site. Photo courtesy the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park.
Thursday 17 October
Fire on the eastern side of State Mine Gully. Photo courtesy the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park.
Thursday 17 October 2:00pm
The museum site is surrounded by fire. Photo courtesy the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park.
Thursday 17 October afternoon
Photograph taken by blacksmith Phil Spark from the inside of the workshops building shows how dire the situation was yesterday afternoon. Photo courtesy the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park.
Thursday 17 October nightime.
Photography by Michael Wilson. Photo courtesy the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park.
Thursday 17 October nightime
A frightening sky when the "State Mine Fire" hit the actual State Mine on Thursday. Photo courtesy the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park.
October 18
Ruins of the old horse stables uncovered by the fire. Photo courtesy the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park.
October 19
The hillside behind the workshops. Photo courtesy the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park.
October 19
Fire damage in the Left Hand Gully. Photo courtesy the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park.
October 19
Wildlife rescue. While inspecting fire damage in the Left Hand Gully Jennifer Christison discovered a distressed juvenile ringtail possum. Jennifer and Ray Christison took it to Secret Creek Wildlife Sanctuary where it is being cared for. Photo courtesy the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park.
October 22
The State Mine on October 22. It is raining and the scarred bush is alive with rapturous birdsong. Photo courtesy the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park.
The State Mine Fire near Lithgow is one of the first major bushfires in NSW for the 2013/2014 bushfire season.
On 17 October the fire was burning out of control in the Marrangaroo Army range and the Newnes State Forest north of Lithgow and came to the doorstep of the Lithgow State Mine Museum. More than 100 firefighters and volunteers pulled together as one team to combat the worst fire to engulf the hills surrounding the Lithgow Valley since 2003 when fire spread along the ridges above Sheedy’s Gully.
Ray Christison and others captured the fire’s approach to the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park and aftermath.
Visit Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park’s Facebook page for updates
For advice in what to do during the emergency:
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/10/17/3870850.htm?site=centralwest
