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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear All<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Happy New Year to you all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>See below and the attached posters for details.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The event will be held at the Eden Fishermen’s Club, starting at 10 am. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please distribute this notice of the forum to your friends and contacts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Understory,</i> the excellent movie about our local native forests by wildlife photographer and film maker Dave Gallan will open the morning at 10.15 am. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If anyone from the north of Bega Shire or Eurobodalla wants a lift or to car share to the event, please contact me. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hope to see you there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Frances<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Frances Perkins<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Chair Far South Coast Branch of the National Trust<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>0423780498<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>02 64936486<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><img width=291 height=55 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D4B247.090BD6E0" alt="logo_horizontal_heritagegreen.jpg"></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=Default><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=Default><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'>10am </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext'>Sunday 27-Jan-19 <b>VISION for EDEN & our <i>Unspoilt </i>SOUTH COAST <i>. . . Jobs, Wildlife & Heritage </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>Sunday 27-Jan-19. Welcome to Eden Fishermens Club</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>, doors open 10am. </span></i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>10.15 Forest Film. 12noon Q&A. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>David Gallan’s opening Understorey Film ‘sets the scene’ for 2019 & beyond</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>Speakers on next <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>Ossie & BJ Cruse</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>: <i>Welcome to Country, Voice from Uluru & </i>the iconic Alps-to-Coast <i>Bundian Way </i>project. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>John Blay </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>walks us through South East Forests from Snow-gums, Alpine & Mountain Ash, to Spotted Gums. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>Mark McKenna </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>flags an historic opportunity to recognise Australia’s unique Natural & Aboriginal Heritage. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>Mike Kelly</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>’s Vision for Eden-Monaro. <i>Note </i><b>Andrew Constance apology </b>& ‘<i>his best wishes to all attendees’</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>More on Discussion Topics <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext'>Local Jobs: Nature-based tourism is the emerging future for our ‘Unspoilt SOUTH COAST’ </span></i></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>Eden </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>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 <i>Unspoilt </i>South Coast can offer many unique Natural & Aboriginal Heritage experiences. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>Sapphire Coast Tourism </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>(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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>Eurobodalla </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>(Narooma to Batemans Bay) Mayor Liz Innes says “<i>welcome to our unspoilt South Coast</i>” and (BayPost 10-Oct-18) “<i>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)”. </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>Plantation Forestry </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>supplies over 200 jobs in South East </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'>NSW & </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>85% of our timber</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'>. </span><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>Plantation wood is good. </span></i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>Native Forestry</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>: 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 <i>low-value </i>‘commodities’ like woodchips and firewood, instead of saving our <i>high-value </i>wildlife habitat. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext'>Will we enable our First Australians a ‘Voice’ to talk directly to our Australian Parliament? </span></i></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>All Australians are enriched as we recognise and celebrate Australia’s ancient <b>Aboriginal Heritage </b>- the oldest continuous culture on Earth. Mature decisions on constitutional Aboriginal recognition, truth and justice await us. On the 26</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:windowtext'>th </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>of January 1788 First Fleet English ‘boat-people’ disembarked from eleven ships in present-day Sydney Harbour. Soon afterwards Aboriginal people started shouting <i>‘wara wara wai’, </i>which means <i>‘go away’! </i>Understandably, unfortunately, many First Australians call the First Fleet landing of 730 convicts ‘Invasion Day’. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext'>Wildlife in natural heritage areas are the ‘Unspoilt’ South Coast’s competitive advantage. </span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>Unique hollows-dependent animals need old-growth trees protected by 100-year forest carbon credits! </span></i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:windowtext'>These State Forests earn more and provide more jobs left unlogged. <i>Are we killing the goose that laid the golden egg? </i>Report 17-jan-19 at </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'><a href="https://wp.me/p7MizA-26s">https://wp.me/p7MizA-26s</a> claims Forest over-extraction now akin to Water in Murray-Darling. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext'>Could a rolling 5-Year 'Alps-to-Coast' Strategic Plan help keep our politicians accountable? </span></i></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'><a href="mailto:Mike.Thompson@nature.net.au">Mike.Thompson@nature.net.au</a> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext'>Unspoilt </span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext'>SOUTH COAST </span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'>Photo Richard Green </span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Photo Richard Green</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>