Lost in the Devil’s Hole

May 2024: Despite being reasonably well prepared, Olga got lost in the Devil’s Hole and spent the night near the Water Board ladders before being rescued by SES (probably BSAR) the next day. This story has many useful lessons and interesting insights and is well...

Murders in the Mountains

There happened to be a post about the disappearance of Belinda Peisley on Facebook yesterday, on the same day that I found an article six years before her disappearance about the death of an old lady in her street, which was very close to the area where Belinda died. ...

Sanjay Mehta in Lithgow Gaol

One of the most awful crimes in my book is the story of Sanjay Mehta, on page 264.  Sanjay was an Indian national who lived in Blacktown. On 5 May 2008 he threw the bodies of his wife and nine-year-old daughter off Echo Point, having previously killed them at home. ...

Wombat keeps bushwalker warm

On Thursday 10 August 1992, 65-year-old Betty Finlay went for a walk with a Sydney community group below Wentworth Falls. She was an experienced bushwalker but became separated from the group at about 12.30pm at the junction of Vera Falls and Wentworth Pass. The other...