I am confused about the current situation in connection with the bio-diversity certification strategy and Broulee, where the Mayor used his casting vote to approve the strategy and give the green light to several Broulee developments.
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The ERA then lodged a bid to rescind the approval. Does this mean the ERA actually voted to retain protection on bio-diversified land? If so, doesn’t this go against their usual, dominant, landholder’s rights rule?
If in favour of bio-diversity, ERA are to be highly commended. It is imperative that such land always be protected from those with vested interests, whose basic goal is always financial gain, regardless of the uniqueness they destroy, forever.
These people are vocal about their rights to develop ‘their’ land for the benefit of all, but when it comes to the natural environment, ‘development’ is a dirty word.
It removes and destroys nature’s garden, replacing it with tar and cement, supermarkets and all the degradation connected with human habitation, removing the qualities which attracted, in the first place.
Protection of the remnants of natural forest and crucial bush habitat remaining at Broulee, MUST continue to be protected, at all cost.
Enclosed are photos I took of 200+ year old Swamp Mahogany eucalypts, bulldozed and piled high, on land as you turn into Broulee. In addition are more recent photos of land clearing at Broulee.
To see these old trees (probably there when Captain Cook sailed by) so callously removed, is sad indeed for the native birds and wildlife that suffer, when their habitat and very existence, has been destroyed.
What makes Broulee different? In addition to the beaches and ocean, surely, it is the forest ambience of stately, old trees, birds and native vegetation.
The Bangalow forest and profusion of old Banksias and Burrawangs, is so unique- perhaps the last of a kind, remaining in Australia.
Honeyeaters, pigmy possums, moths and a myriad of other organisms rely on the Banksias. The forested areas on both sides of the road from Moruya Airport to Broulee are unique and beautiful.
Without them Broulee would be no different to so many other previously exploited, beach towns. If (the dirty word) development IS given the green light, as Milton Leslight hopes it will be, say goodbye to everything that makes Broulee the unique and beautiful place it is. It will also open up the door eventually, regressing to another ‘Gold Coast’ concrete jungle!
I attach photos of severe environmental destruction, previously in Broulee. Enough is enough!
Diana Gillies
Moruya
