Text in progress, apologies. —— A ‘Caldera’ is the geographical remnant of an extinct volcano. … the soft red volcanic soil washed away over eons, revealing the circular landscape feature of the outer wall of the caldera, formed from a harder magna material inducted below the surface, with the central hardstone ‘plug’ of the volcano…
NSWNPWS website: Ground-breaking protests at Terania Creek in the late 1970’s paved the way for the park’s creation and international recognition as a Gondwana Rainforest World Heritage site in 1986. Nightcap National Park’s rainforests are part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area, the largest area of subtropical rainforest in the world. They are a…
The Latest Edition of the North East Forest Alliance NEFA LEAF news update. The most informative publication of what’s going on with native forest protection in our area. NEFA: “It’s been a huge start to the year with communities rising up to protect what’s left of our precious native forests. Check out our events below…
Points the National Parks Association of NSW petitioned for included asking for stronger laws to protect nature in NSW: “We need laws that actually protected the most precious species, habitats and landscapes, not discredited offset schemes that end up paying blood money to government agencies instead of protecting nature. Real laws mean a red line,…
Tweed Landcare is hosting a screening of the award-winning film The Message of the Lyrebird. Lyrebirds hold the history of the forest in their song… but are they now singing the sad story of human encroachment? Set in a natural wonderland where an exquisite forest faery has been performing astonishing song and dance routines for 18…
Conserving and recovering Tweed’s koala populations The issues on which we seek representation: 1. Local Land Services Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2020 – Adverse impact of Private Native Forestry (PNF) Amendments and ‘Allowable Activity Land’ The amendments to the discredited Local Land Services Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2020 not only sought to double the duration for PNF…
National Parks, directed by nsw.gov, for economic reasons, are to increase national park use tourism, especially here in the Caldera. Eg is a 4 day 45km walking trail starting at Mt Jerusalem to Minyon Falls. Marketed to the early adopters. The DA for the day 1 part of the track (‘Unicorn Falls’) closed for comments…
