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| Something Fishy?? | Glossy Black Campaign |
At a public meeting held in February to examine the St Georges Basin "Fishos" Club proposal for the blocks of land, the fishermans shed at Pats Bay and their use of the "harbour" below, the club stated:
Council has now received an application to change the DA
One can only wonder what tourist activities they envisage and what competition would be conducted from a 25 ft catamaran! What is not being communicated?
Recent rains have almost covered the arm of the "harbour" and extended around the shed. This is a highly sensitive area and should be protected under SEPPP 14. Any develpoment at this site would impact on the ecology of the whole basin.
On Thursday, 26 June a campaign was launched at St, Georges Basin School to acquaint the children with this rare bird and its habitat.
Ms. Diane Garrood, District Manager of National Parks ans Wildlife officially opened the campaign which will continue throughout the area. West Cambewarra School was visited the next day and other schools are to be visited after the school holidays.
Elaine A. for Shoalhaven Conservation Society introduced the guests and told the children why they were chosen to help save the glossy black.
Diane Garrood brought along Blinky Bill to talk about the casuarina tree. Jim Wallis described how casuarina nuts are the only food available to the glossy black and how important it is to save hte tree and to plant more where possible.
Norman Webb from a local bird club presented the school with a bird bath on a pole.
Bindi Isis enchanted the children with her song, telling the dreamtimestory of how the glossy black cockatoo became black.
The school was also presented with a large and beautiful poster of a pair of glossy black cockatoos. It was donated by hte Australian Geographic Society. The poster will be presented to each of the schools visited.
The SCS is concerned to learn that, legally, rare and endangered birds can be kept caged. The SCS will be campaigning to have the law changed. Anyone wishing to support this campaign should write to Minister for the Environment, Pam Allan at Parliament House, Sydney.