Preserving, Protecting and celebrating
the precious blue mountains
night skies.
The Blue Mountains’ Iconic Conservation culture, applied to the Sky.
Founded in 2023, we are a joint council and community Non-for-Profit Association working to make the Blue Mountains Australia’s most accessible Gateway to the Milky Way.
Making the Blue Mountains an internationally certified Dark Sky place,
to keep our skies dark and benefit…
Our Wildlife
Nocturnal balance and habitat restoration
Our Health
Circadian reserve restoration, deep sleep and well-being
Our Night Skies
Visible Milky Way, faint stars, astronomical research
Indigenous Cultural
Knowledge
Aboriginal Astronomical knowledge and Connection to Sky Country
Our Tourism
Stargazing and Noctourism, Night Life Economy, Sustainable Tourism
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What is a Dark Sky place?
A Dark Sky Community is a location where the community shares, appreciates, acknowledges and celebrates the value of the dark skies above their heads.
If the Community is proactive in preserving, acknowledging and celebrating their Dark Skies, they can receive an International certification from Dark Sky International (DSI) as a Dark Sky place.
Today, there are 40 Dark Sky Communities in the world - including the Palm Beach Dark Sky Community north of Sydney. There are about 230 Dark Sky places around the world certified by DSI.
How about making the Blue Mountains the next Dark Sky Community!
the pathway
Our aim to make Linden Observatory in the mid-mountains our site for the Blue Mountains Dark Sky Community.
That implies carrying out an inventory of the local lighting and, over the years, replacing the public lights that are not compliant with the lighting requirements - making the lighting more energy-efficient!
It also involve creating a space of dark skies activities and education, sharing our beautiful skies with the locals and non-locals.
Creating the Dark Sky Community requires the support of the municipality, local organisations and, of course, the local community!
In the long run, our goal is also to improve and preserve our darkness extended all the way to the upper mountains.
take the pledge
Would you like to support our mission of preserving and celebrating the Blue Mountains Dark Skies? See how you can contribute:
join our dark sky projects
