There are a number of prescribed burns taking place each day this week and also on the weekend.

The following prescribed burns are planned for this week:

Tuesday: Sublime Point, Leura. 25ha.

Wednesday: Winbourne Ave, Hazelbrook. 52ha

Thursday: Chester Road, Wentworth Falls. 47ha.

Friday: Terpeian Rock, Katoomba. 6ha.

These activities are taking place on National Parks and Wildlife Service managed land, with some small areas of private property included, and are approved activities under the Blue Mountains Bush Fire Management Committee’s Hazard Reduction Programme.

For more information and maps, visit http://www.bluemountains.rfs.nsw.gov.au/dsp_more_info.cfm?CON_ID=6773&CAT_ID=76

Two Blue Mountains artists have been named as finalists in the prestigious, and often controversial, Archibald Prize.
Blackheath’s Matthew Lynn’s arresting portrait of fellow artist Joan Ross, in a handcrafted dress of kangaroo skins especially made for the sitting, is shown below.
Lynn’s work is up against Hazlebrook’s Megan Seres, whose moody Hamlet-inspired portrait of actor Brendan Cowell (above) brings to mind an (unsuccessful) entry from last year by Vincent Fantauzzo of another actor, a brooding Heath Ledger.
The winner will be named on Friday, March 6.