[Bermagui Community] Important Forum for the future of Eden and the Far South Coast, Sunday 27 January : Vision for Eden and Our Unspoilt South Coast

Tue Jan 22 18:04:15 AEDT 2019

Dear All

Happy New Year to you all.

We very much hope you and your friends can make it to an important forum in
Eden next Sunday morning, 27 January, on the future of Eden and the Far
South Coast. 

See below and the attached posters for details.

The event will be held at the Eden Fishermen's Club, starting at 10 am. 

Please distribute this notice of the forum to your friends and contacts.

Renowned historian Mark McKenna, indigenous leader and Bundian Way proponent
Ossie Cruse, local photographer John Blay and Federal MP for Eden Monaro
Mike Kelly will outline their visions for the South Coast and Eden. The
community will then have the opportunity to contribute their views and
visions. 

Understory, the excellent movie about our local native forests by wildlife
photographer and film maker Dave Gallan will open the morning at 10.15 am. 

If anyone from the north of Bega Shire or Eurobodalla wants a lift or to car
share to the event, please contact me. 

Hope to see you there.

Frances

Frances Perkins

Chair Far South Coast Branch of the National Trust

0423780498

02 64936486

10am Sunday 27-Jan-19 VISION for EDEN & our Unspoilt SOUTH COAST . . . Jobs,
Wildlife & Heritage 

Sunday 27-Jan-19. Welcome to Eden Fishermens Club, doors open 10am. 10.15
Forest Film. 12noon Q&A. 

David Gallan's opening Understorey Film 'sets the scene' for 2019 & beyond. 

Speakers on next 

Ossie & BJ Cruse: Welcome to Country, Voice from Uluru & the iconic
Alps-to-Coast Bundian Way project. 

John Blay walks us through South East Forests from Snow-gums, Alpine &
Mountain Ash, to Spotted Gums. 

Mark McKenna flags an historic opportunity to recognise Australia's unique
Natural & Aboriginal Heritage. 

Mike Kelly's Vision for Eden-Monaro. Note Andrew Constance apology & 'his
best wishes to all attendees'. 

More on Discussion Topics 

Local Jobs: Nature-based tourism is the emerging future for our 'Unspoilt
SOUTH COAST' 

Eden will be a 'must visit' for cruise ships as the only deep-water port
between Sydney and Hobart (already welcoming 100 cruise ships per year).
Tourism is booming in Tasmania with visitors attracted by World Heritage
natural areas. Our NSW Unspoilt South Coast can offer many unique Natural &
Aboriginal Heritage experiences. 

Sapphire Coast Tourism (Bermagui to Victorian border) already attracts $350
million per year, with Eden Killer Whale Museum (Heritage Tourism) & Kiah
Wilderness Tours (Ecotourism) top 2018 tourism award winners. 

Eurobodalla (Narooma to Batemans Bay) Mayor Liz Innes says "welcome to our
unspoilt South Coast" and (BayPost 10-Oct-18) "We want to be a leading
nature-based tourism destination. Each year we welcome 1.3 million visitors
to our beautiful part of the world. Tourism supports 90% of local jobs (65%
directly)". 

Plantation Forestry supplies over 200 jobs in South East NSW & 85% of our
timber. Plantation wood is good. 

Native Forestry: 90% of logs are trucked directly to the Eden Woodchip Mill
which has about 30 jobs. Eden's Saw-Mill became unsustainable as it ran out
of large saw-logs. Smaller denser fire-prone 30-year-rotation trees go into
low-value 'commodities' like woodchips and firewood, instead of saving our
high-value wildlife habitat. 

Will we enable our First Australians a 'Voice' to talk directly to our
Australian Parliament? 

All Australians are enriched as we recognise and celebrate Australia's
ancient Aboriginal Heritage - the oldest continuous culture on Earth. Mature
decisions on constitutional Aboriginal recognition, truth and justice await
us. On the 26th of January 1788 First Fleet English 'boat-people'
disembarked from eleven ships in present-day Sydney Harbour. Soon afterwards
Aboriginal people started shouting 'wara wara wai', which means 'go away'!
Understandably, unfortunately, many First Australians call the First Fleet
landing of 730 convicts 'Invasion Day'. 

Wildlife in natural heritage areas are the 'Unspoilt' South Coast's
competitive advantage. Unique hollows-dependent animals need old-growth
trees protected by 100-year forest carbon credits! These State Forests earn
more and provide more jobs left unlogged. Are we killing the goose that laid
the golden egg? Report 17-jan-19 at https://wp.me/p7MizA-26s claims Forest
over-extraction now akin to Water in Murray-Darling. 

Could a rolling 5-Year 'Alps-to-Coast' Strategic Plan help keep our
politicians accountable? 

Mike.Thompson at nature.net.au <mailto:Mike.Thompson at nature.net.au>  

Unspoilt SOUTH COAST 

Photo Richard Green 

Photo Richard Green

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