Wilpinjong Mine from the air - 11 October 2007 (commenced operations in 2005). This huge open cut mine is still in its infancy and will extend up and down the valley floor producing up to 8--10 million tonnes of coal per year. It has an enormous environmental footprint and there a little signs of rehabilitation or revegation of the original endangered box woodlands that were a feature of this valley.

The Wilpinjong mine abuts the recently approved Moolarben Coal Mine to the east which links to the existing Ulan Coal Mine to the west.
Three huge mines on the headwaters of the Goulburn River.