Glen Davis, New South Wales

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Glen Davis New South Wales
LGA:	City of Lithgow
State District:	Bathurst
Federal Division:	Calare

Glen Davis is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Lithgow. It is located 250 km north-west of Sydney and approximately 80 kilometres north of Lithgow.^[1]

[edit] Description and History

Glen Davis is situated in the Capertee Valley, from which the Capertee River flows. The valley is said to be the second-largest in the world. The town became the centre of a shale oil industry, which was abandoned eventually because shale oil was not viable. After the closure of the shale mine, the skeleton of a town survived in the form of some properties, a post office and a shop or two that survived intermittently. However, the creation of the Wollemi National Park brought a degree of tourism to the area. This national park takes in 492,976 hectares and is the second-largest in New South Wales. It includes some parts of the Capertee Valley, especially downstream of Glen Davis.^[2] The National Parks and Wildlife Service marked out a track between Glen Davis and Newnes, in the Wolgan Valley, and this became a popular walk known as the Pipeline Pass.^[3] Bushwalkers also use Glen Davis as the starting point for camping trips in the national park; there is also a camp site in the town.

Another national park was created later, known as the Gardens of Stone National Park. This takes in some areas around the Capertee Valley, including the flat-topped mountain -- or butte -- called Pantony's Crown. This mountain was named after an early farmer who opened up the area to sheep farming.^[4]The National Trail, a long-distance walking trail that goes from Melbourne to Cooktown, also passes through the Capertee Valley.

Glen Davis can be reached by driving from the Lithgow-Mudgee Road and turning off at Capertee, 50 km from Lithgow, then heading east along an unsealed road that goes through the Capertee Valley.

The site was featured in a film clip for rock group Wildland, with an apparition of a ghost appearing behind a concrete slab in the background. Nobody in the band or production crew knew of this until they watched the footage back.[1]^{[citation needed]}

Farmland, Glen Davis

Mt Gundangaroo, west of Glen Davis

Capertee River downstream of Glen Davis, where it is in the Wollemi NP

Pantonys Crown

[edit] References

^ Robinson's Road Atlas of Australia, Edition 8 (Lansdowne Press) 1983, Map 204
^ Guide to New South Wales National Parks, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2002, p.37
^ Sydney and Blue Mountains Bushwalks, Neil Paton (Kangaroo Press) 2004, p.308
^ Guide to New South Wales National Parks, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2002, p.31