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NSW & ACT specific bushwalking discussion. Please avoid publishing details of access to sensitive areas with no tracks.Help kickstart the clean up of the Wollongambe!
Thu 30 Jul, 2015 6:20 pm
Calling all canyoners and bushwalkers who love the Wollongambe River!
Your help is needed this weekend to help kickstart the clean-up of the 'Gambe - a river in a World Heritage Area that has been polluted with coal fines by Centennial Coal.
To date, the EPA has given a clean up notice to Centennial Coal.
(See http://www.colongwilderness.org.au/file ... y_2015.pdf)
Centennial has made attempts to clean up the spill gully ... but little or nothing is being done to clean the river.
So ... on Saturday, August 1 NPWS and EPA are planning to identify and map the extent of coal fines in the river.
Please help us to assess extent of the damage, so the clean up can begin.
RSVP and Primary contact: Keith Muir
mob 0412 791 404
email keith@colongwilderness.org.au
Saturday at 9:00am
Zig Zag carpark at Clarence on Bell Line of Road
A 4WD vehicle is not required, but desirable.
Bring: study rubber gloves, if you have them.
Be self-sufficient in food, water and gear.
Camp: Cathedral of Ferns Campsite - Saturday night.
PS Right now your river looks like this:
Your help is needed this weekend to help kickstart the clean-up of the 'Gambe - a river in a World Heritage Area that has been polluted with coal fines by Centennial Coal.
To date, the EPA has given a clean up notice to Centennial Coal.
(See http://www.colongwilderness.org.au/file ... y_2015.pdf)
Centennial has made attempts to clean up the spill gully ... but little or nothing is being done to clean the river.
So ... on Saturday, August 1 NPWS and EPA are planning to identify and map the extent of coal fines in the river.
Please help us to assess extent of the damage, so the clean up can begin.
RSVP and Primary contact: Keith Muir
mob 0412 791 404
email keith@colongwilderness.org.au
Saturday at 9:00am
Zig Zag carpark at Clarence on Bell Line of Road
A 4WD vehicle is not required, but desirable.
Bring: study rubber gloves, if you have them.
Be self-sufficient in food, water and gear.
Camp: Cathedral of Ferns Campsite - Saturday night.
PS Right now your river looks like this:
- Wollongambe River with coal fines
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