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By Ellen Hill for Escarpment Group         Main photos: David Hill, Deep Hill Media Australia’s first tourist destination – the Blue Mountains – has wooed and wowed with luxurious romantic hideaways, fine food and sophisticated nightlife for more than a century. Hundreds of the Sydney well-heeled poured off the steam trains and motorcades into the upmarket guesthouses and grand hotels to “take the air’’ on exhilarating bushwalks through untamed wilderness, indulge in spa trea

Join Jason Jackson at the Thriller dance-off at Lithgow Halloween `16. Photo: David Hill By Ellen Hill for Lithgow Tourism        Photos: Ben Pearse and David Hill The spirit of the late King of Pop will inject a thrilling spark into Lithgow Halloween `16 when hundreds of Michael Jackson fans take part in a dance-off in Main St on Saturday, October 29. Jason Jackson performing at Lithgow Halloween `15. Photo: Ben Pearse The national record bid for the greatest number of costu

Burlesque performer Jacqueline Furey. Photo: Joel Devereux By Ellen Hill for Escarpment Group Sheer enchantment, chimera and intrigue will herald a modern era of breathtaking drama for the original Blue Mountains party palace when the Australian Burlesque Festival performs at the Hydro Majestic Hotel in May. The Australian Burlesque Festival featuring Shake-O-Rama will offer three hours of cheeky variety entertainment with more than a dozen buxom burlesque artists. Shake-O-Ra

By Ellen Hill for Lithgow Workies Club                    Photos: David Hill The oldest registered club in NSW will take centre stage when the curtain officially goes up on the revamped showroom at Lithgow & District Workmen’s Club on March 19. Club audio visual manager Allan Gregory. The showroom is part of a $6.5 million refurbishment of the club, known affectionately as “the Workies’’, along with a new 36-room 4-star (self-rated) motel, art gallery, restaurant, conference

The Sebel Hawkesbury will host two free music gigs during the Sydney Blues & Roots Festival in October By Ellen Hill for The Sebel Hawkesbury Resort & Spa Get into the blues and roots groove in stylish luxury when the only 4.5 star resort in the Hawkesbury-Nepean region hosts two free Sydney Blues and Roots Festival gigs during the weekend of October 23 to 25. James Bennett will perform at the Sebel Hawkesbury The tone will be set with fireworks by the lake at the front of Th