Discover Tasmania
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- Judy2
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- Gay_Klok
- Gary
- Judy2
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- Gay_Klok
- Rose99
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» Gary - Smithton
Come on Down,award winning Cheese Factory for sale
http://www.tasmanianauctioneers.com.au/c...
-- posted by Gary
» Judy2 - Styx Valley
http://weblog.greenpeace.org/tasmania/Tasmania is home to ancient old growth forests. They are currently being clearfelled and woodchipped. This is of great concern to me.
Places like the Styx Valley shelter Eucalyptus regnans which are the largest hardwood trees on the planet. Currently only 4.5% of the original cover of these trees is protected in reserves. Recently the Tasmanian government announced plans to log deep in the heart of the rainforests of the Tarkine. The Tarkine is Australia’s largest temperate rainforest.
The Tasmanian government’s own figures put the percentage of logs taken from Tasmania’s forests which end up as woodchips at over 90% which return about $10 a tonne to the people of Tasmania.
Meanwhile we are losing a valuable tourism asset. With tourism numbers to Tasmania growing 22% in the last financial year it is madness to making such low value added use of this internationally significant resource.
This is a matter of national and international importance. I appeal to you to intervene on behalf of the people of Australia. With limited investment these ancient forests can be protected and begin delivering real economic returns as tourism destinations. It is truly amazing to see the world’s tallest hardwood trees or to stand within one of Australia’s largest, wildest rainforests. The people of Australia and the world come especially to have these rare experiences in our beautiful country.
I look forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
-- posted by Judy2
» Judy2 - are you?
dear thing, are you bidding on this?http://art.wilderness.org.au/chood.shtml
Artist: Cherry Hood
Title: Tree on death row
Medium: Watercolour & varnish on canvas
Size: 322 x 202 cm
Barking up the wrong tree
Art auction for Tasmania's ancient forests
Those works which reached reserve by December 6 are marked as sold. The rest of the works are still open for bidding and sale. Before closing the bidding on any work Wilderness Society will inform active bidders of the imminent closure of the auction.
All works exhibited here have been donated by the artists – an act of commitment to Tasmania's wild and ancient forests. They are available for auction with proceeds supporting the campaign to halt the clearfelling and woodchipping of the world's tallest hardwood trees.
How the auction works
All works have an undisclosed reserve price set by the artist
You can make a bid by clicking on "Submit a bid on line" for each art work or
call The Wilderness Society on 1800 030 641 during office hours (Eastern Summer Time).
Check the site for the latest bids
Works by:
Hany Armanious Jenny Bell Simon Blau Frank Boyle Bob Brown
Tom Carment Nick Bleasel Elisabeth Cummings Simon Cuthbert Christopher Dean
Annabel Dixon Peter Dombrovskis Julie Fragar Julie Gough Louise Hearman
Bill Henson Cherry Hood Narelle Jubelin Chris Langlois Fiona MacDonald
Reg Mombassa Susan Norrie Raquel Ormella Deborah Paauwe Luke Parker
John Peart Lloyd Rees Dean Sewell Gina Sinozich John Walker
Sharon Whittle Philip Wolfhagen John Wolseley Chris Wyatt
-- posted by Judy2
» Gay_Klok - Re: are you?
In response to message posted by Judy2:That is a beautiful painting!!!
The damage to our garden is [particularly to the water catchment area] is worse that we even feared. Of course I am against the ruination of our old growth forests and would love to bid for the painting. Our private fight has already taken a few thousand dollars out of our pockets and I would much rather have a painting on my wall instead of a larger and larger hole in our pockets.
The clear felling and burn offs will turn Tasmania into a desert if allowed to go on at the present rate - the under ground water catchment areas are all being altered with the bad practices of Gunns which also includes the planting of the non endemic Eucalyptus niten, the most water hungry of all.
For the first time we have had visits from the Forestry and Gunns to see the damage that is rapidly happening to our dams and bush, on our private land.
Here is part of the Forestry Practices Board after they finally came to inspect our property [we first asked 3 years ago] -
1. The Terbacil [herbicide poison] noted in the stream draining the Klok property on 27 August 2003 has originated from the Cowen coupe
2. There has been a landslide on steep land east of the Cowen coupe. This landslide is 6-10m wide and 40m long
3. The stream draining into the Klok's dam has recently scoured its banks. This scouring has caused several cubic metres of sediment to enter the Klok's dam. We pay for the water entering our dam [naturally] from a rivulet. Gunns pays nothing!
The hardest to bear is the damage to our health - for over 3 years we have been asking questions, writing letters, attenging a Tribunal and worrying. And this is happening to individuals all over Tasmania
-- posted by Gay_Klok
» Judy2 - Agfest
Craft Exhibitors at Agfest http://www.agfest.com.au/viewexhibitors....-- posted by Judy2
» Gay_Klok - Re: Styx Valley
In response to message posted by Judy2:Hello Gary and Rene
Did not follow your confinement, Gary. So sorry and all that.
I have been so busy with the fight with Gunns and resigned for a while to try to snatch some time.
Now it has started all over again, may have to take them to court.
Terbacil [deritive of Eucmix] traces were found in our water catchment area. Silt and polution in our 60 year old dam [where platypus used to play] and erosion has been seen in our creek bed. All this acknowledged by Forest Practices Board. We have also lost many healthy trees in our 60 acres of natural bush. Etc. etc
I am soon off to the country garden as Kingston Garden Club members visit tomorrow. It is awful weather but at least and at last, our ornamentals are showing wonderful colours.
-- posted by Gay_Klok
» Rose99 - Lucky woman
Mary Elizabeth DonaldsonBorn:
5 February, 1972. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Parents:
John Dalgleish Donaldson born 5 September, 1941 (Professor of Applied Mathematics) and Henrietta Clark Donaldson born 12 May, 1942 (Executive Assistant to the Vice Chancellor of The University of Tasmania).
Only another 4 hours to the do
-- posted by Rose99
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