Post by meave on Sept 10, 2011 18:00:04 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be brilliant to have the floodplain on both sides of the river developed into a botanical garden to offer relaxation and recreation to local and visiting people and habitat for native birds and animals.....instead of the eyesore of a waste sorting and processing plant dominating the area.
It's great work you're doing and I hope the town can get behind you and bring about a change in the plans that seem to be being steamrollered into being.
I suggest that a good move could be to recruit support for a re-siting of the proposed facility and so dodge the usual put downs of "anti development", "job losses" etc. Surely Council could see the sense in doing a land swap with Denrith and exchange the current tip site with the riverside land, allowing Denrith to progress with all their really good ideas in terms of assisting Endeavour Industries, developing an industry and employment opportunities for Goulburn, introducing state of the art technology to replace the current methods etc. AS WELL AS that, Council would then be able to give the people and wildlife of Goulburn an asset of inestimable value. Council could use the project as a wonderful community-building project, involving schools and garden, fishing, landcare, natural history and other clubs (and there is I am sure, contributory government funding available for community-building projects), to develop something which would not only benefit Goulburn and the environment in general, but would also become a drawcard for tourists and be a beautiful sight at the entrance to the city.
I do not know, but hopefully some other members of the group may know, what is the current status of the Eastside river flats in terms of ownership but even if it is in private ownership - if it is true that not even grazing is permitted within 300m of the river, there should surely be a very real possibility that council could assist willing landowners with planting trees and shrubs there to extend native habitat and be visually incorporated with the public land on the other side of the river. This option would surely be preferred by landowners over the siting of a waste sorting and processing facility there.
A shining example of how beautiful and well-loved this area could be is what has been achieved in Wellington in the central west of NSW, with an area very similar to this.
Let's push the positive, give Council some solutions, Denrith some solutions, and a win/win for everyone.
Cheerio
It's great work you're doing and I hope the town can get behind you and bring about a change in the plans that seem to be being steamrollered into being.
I suggest that a good move could be to recruit support for a re-siting of the proposed facility and so dodge the usual put downs of "anti development", "job losses" etc. Surely Council could see the sense in doing a land swap with Denrith and exchange the current tip site with the riverside land, allowing Denrith to progress with all their really good ideas in terms of assisting Endeavour Industries, developing an industry and employment opportunities for Goulburn, introducing state of the art technology to replace the current methods etc. AS WELL AS that, Council would then be able to give the people and wildlife of Goulburn an asset of inestimable value. Council could use the project as a wonderful community-building project, involving schools and garden, fishing, landcare, natural history and other clubs (and there is I am sure, contributory government funding available for community-building projects), to develop something which would not only benefit Goulburn and the environment in general, but would also become a drawcard for tourists and be a beautiful sight at the entrance to the city.
I do not know, but hopefully some other members of the group may know, what is the current status of the Eastside river flats in terms of ownership but even if it is in private ownership - if it is true that not even grazing is permitted within 300m of the river, there should surely be a very real possibility that council could assist willing landowners with planting trees and shrubs there to extend native habitat and be visually incorporated with the public land on the other side of the river. This option would surely be preferred by landowners over the siting of a waste sorting and processing facility there.
A shining example of how beautiful and well-loved this area could be is what has been achieved in Wellington in the central west of NSW, with an area very similar to this.
Let's push the positive, give Council some solutions, Denrith some solutions, and a win/win for everyone.
Cheerio
