#BACKTOBILPIN SPREAD THE WORD - BILPIN IS OPEN! Bilpin, the Land of the Mountain Apple, suffered from raging bushfires up and down the Bells Line of Road over the peak Christmas period. Bilpin is a boutique tourism hot spot well known for its B&Bs, apple orchards, fruit picking, organic produce, ciders and open gardens. Just 90 minutes from Sydney, it is a great day trip or weekend away. Like many regions throughout Australia, the unforgiving Christmas fires hit right in the peak of the tourism season. Local small businesses now need our help. Hawkesbury City Councillor Sarah Richards along with Lionel Buckett from wollemi wilderness cabins, Michael Sperling from Bilpin Country Lodge, Bilpin and head of Blue Mountains Accommodation and Tourism Association, and residents Michael and Jane Hughes came together to workshop ideas to let tourists know it was safe to return. #BACKTOBILPIN was born! We are asking you to LIKE AND SHARE this page so we can get the word out to locals, Sydneysiders and tourists to come for a drive to Bilpin and visit our small businesses. #BACKTOBILPIN NEEDS YOUR HELP. Over the coming days and weeks, we will regularly feature local businesses and provide links to their pages. Together, we hope this small grassroots campaign can revitalise the Bilpin economy. Visit www.visitbilpin.com, www.visitbluemountains.com.au and www.discoverthehawkesbury.com.au to plan your day. Don't forget to use the hashtag #BACKTOBILPIN Bilpin Rural Fire Brigade Bilpin Fruit Bowl Bilpin Cider Co Bilpin Spring Orchard Bilpin Bush Honey The Pines Orchard Bilpin The Hive Berambing Hillbilly Cider Pine Crest Orchard, Bilpin Bilpin Country Lodge, Bilpin Love Cabins Wollemi Wilderness Cabins Archibald Hotel Kurrajong Heights The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah Hawkesbury Local Business Loxley on Bellbird Hill Lochiel House Chapel Hill Retreat Wildwood Garden Visit Blue Mountains Visit Bilpin New Apple Bar Maggie Lou's Bite Saliba Fruits Blue Mountains Attractions Visit Blue Mountains Our Hawkesbury Valley Kurrajong Bark Park and Cafe Blue Mountains Glow Worm Tours Secret Blue Mountains The Hawkesbury Gazette Hawkesbury N.S.W. Austr (at Bilpin, New South Wales, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7W4aS9AymL/?igshid=axc7m6ibdr9o