I was born in 1941. My family, grandparents and a couple of uncles used to camp in Burragorang Valley at the NRMA campground during the war years (WWII), which would have been in Upper Burragorang. It was on the banks of the Wollondilly River. I can remember the pass down to Nattai on the road from Camden, and the wooden bridge across the Nattai River - low level, I think. The road up the valley was gravel and fairly rough. Because of petrol rationing during the war, the cars were started on petrol, then turned over to kerosene once the engine was warm. My dad had a 1927 Chevrolet tourer, and my grandfather had a big Hudson - canvas top, spoked wheels - a monster of a thing! We had trailers to carry our camping gear; the drawbar on my grandfather's trailer was a single hardwood pole, which broke on the way down the pass. Fortunately, it didn't get away, and it was "repaired" with wire and rope. The valley was particularly beautiful, lined with sandstone cliffs either side. Even though it was a long time ago, I still have plenty of memories of those days. My family visited the valley in the early 1950s for a day. Camping had ceased, and clearing had begun.

Excellent video, i hope you have a 2nd/3rd part to this, would be great to go backwards a bit and see their truck evaluation process that led them to select the Road Boss!

Awesome, thanks!

Great vid, thank you for uploading

Where did you get these images from? they are incredible (the overhead satellite ones)

At 11:43 the mighty International Road Boss. What a solid unit quietly working the mines, never failing. It could still run the Hay plain to Gol Gol today.

Горное дело на фоне красивой природы восточной Австралии--👏

What ever happened to Clutha, can’t find much about them now, did they go broke in Australia?

Thanks for sharing. Interesting to see current day photos of the old route. I wonder how it looks across its whole length

Interesting. Enjoyed that, thankyou.

Excellent👍

Nice work. Did you by any chance come across photos of the Warragamba slot at the junction of the Coxs and the Wollondilly rivers? I'd be very interested if you did. I've seen references to a slot canyon on that spot that apparently hid the Coxs enough to stop European explorers realising it was the easiest route across to the west of the mountains. That's all I know and I'm very keen to learn more or see some images. Any steers would be hugely appreciated.

Great video Jeff brought back a lot of memories.I came across a b/w photo of myself and Werner Wollinski. I am on the right hand side .This photo was taken in 1975 at Valley 2. I started work at Valley 1 in 1969 then went to Valley 2 then to Valley 3 then later on to Tahmoor Colliery where I finished my mining career.My father Joe Laurence also worked at Valley 2 as the bathroom attendant there.After coming from Appin Colliery. Glad to be part of the history of Burragorang Valley. Dave.

Awsome work Jeff.

Thank you for such a great presentation, I would love to learn more about the valley and the Collieries. I have grown up with some stories, but would like to learn more. My Grandfather was William Clinton, you mention and Jack Clinton, my Great Grandfather.

Bloody amazing, hard tough men,and no bullshit or carry on about em😐

Thank you for posting this. My Grandfather was the manager at the Wollondilly Coal Preperation Plant / washery for many years. Recently I was interested to find out more on the history of coal in the area and found these videos. I Have a few videos / pictures that i'd be more than happy to share with you to upload here. - Please reach out and let me know the best way to send. Cheers, Tom

Well done Jeffrey, an excellent presentation on the history of mining.

I worked there for 10 years. In my first job with Clutha Rough Laboratory I went to all the mines shown except Tahmoor and Valley 4. I then worked underground at Brimstone 2 for some years before being transferred to Brimstone 1 when I achieved my Deputy’s Ticket. Excellent film showing what the Burragorang Valley was all about and how much it helped New South Wales and Australia grow and advance. That is an awful lot of coal to come out of this valley in all the mines lifetime.