Lead, The Blue Mountains & A New Airport.
We still refer to regular petroleum as “un-leaded” fuel, a confusing expression implying that lead is naturally occurring in fuel and further processing has removed this harmful element from the petroleum - and not the fact that we simply stopped adding lead compounds to fuel after realising that its pretty bad stuff!
The Lolly Bug
A natural disaster that shocked a community, devastated lolly lovers around the nation and posed a challenging environmental remediation following the fire that destroyed a beloved icon.

