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Dennis
- Robertson NSW
This is especially the
responsibility of the NSW Minister for the Environment, Mr Frank
Sartor, but it within the province of the Premier, Ms Kenneally. I beg
you both to take this matter seriously. You only have a short time
to make a difference on this prior to the NSW State Election. Please
act now.
Caroline
- Douglas Park NSW
this
pristine area,a significant part of the state's water resources with
its numerous feeder swamps, must be protected. Otherwise we as a
society are pathetically short-sighted.
Jan
- East Maitland NSW
National Park status is the
only option for this amazing area, and especially if we are to stop
polluting gas extraction
Karen
- Otford NSW
Don't pollute our childrens
future
Mike
- Cudmirrah NSW
This
is really an important opportunity to protect and enhance biodiversity
in a sensitive area. The opportunity shouldn't be missedLen -
Sutton Forest
NSW
Len - Sutton Forest
NSW
The
proximity of this valuable ecological area should be preserved as a
National Park to protect it in perpetuity for the benefit of the
burgeoning human populations in the South east regions of
Sydney
Jan - Sutton Forest
NSW
This
area has such great social value on top of its ecological value because
of its proximity to cities and local human populations. Too much has
been destroyed in the name of progress and 'growth'.Humanity can still
prosper without this destruction
Marion - Berowra
Hts N
This
is such a rare ecosystem. I have personally seen the Pygmy Possums,
Broad-Headed snake and Giant Burrowing Frogs there and they and a
number of other plants and animals rely so strongly on the purity of
the underground and surface creek water and swamps. Any more human
interference with it can leave them in jeopardy and we would be solely
responsible for their further durmise. Please make this wonderful area
a National Park!!!
Jennifer -Eungella
NSW
Please help protect what is
rightly world heritage. We cannot regain what is destroyed
Barry -
NSW
So
much of our dwindling natural environment is disappearing because of
urban sprawl. Please establish the Dharawal National Park to
protect this precious area.
Ian - Hurstville
Grove NSW
Please
preserve the wonderful places in Dharawal by making it a NP - if you
have any doubts, go on a bushwalk there, and see what would be lost!
Lynden -
Charlestown NSW
Having
unconsciously destroyed at least 90% of our east coast habitat since
the colonisation of Australia it is time to start valuing those areas
that are left.
Leeanne - Phillip
Bay NSW
I
am happy for you to include my name on any comments left on the web.
Please note that I am a member of Climate Action Sydney Eastern Suburbs
(CASES).
Colleen -
Bathurst NSW
WE
must save every bit of worthwhile green land near our ever concentrated
high rise living cities. Especially ones that have
important water features. Mining and industry will have to
find
the places that don't destroy naturally beautiful and important
environments and learn to contain the by products they
produce.
No permission should be given until they can prove they can do things
safely wherever they are
Grahame -Currans
Hill NSW
As
someone who was originally involved in the development of this proposal
I urge the Government to move on the further protection of Dharawal SCA
to national park status.
Jill
-Warrawee NSW
Considerable
damage has already been done to southern waterways by long wall mining.
I don't want to see this happen to the unique swamps of Dwarawal area.
Please put in place the necessary protections.
Kel - Asquith
NSW
I
fully support this submission, and I ask for the protection of this
precious region that is so important to the Sydney water catchment
area, and the scenic beauty, bio-diversity, tourism and recreation
amenity of Sydney and the near South Coast of NSW. In my
earlier
days around fifty years ago, I was a frequent visitor to the Otford
region and the National Park, and have since witnessed the
inappropriate development in the Otford and Helensburg surrounds, which
is a threat to the attributes of the region, which I have named above.
Maggie NSW
It
is a godsend that BHP has decided against extending mining underneath
Dharawal. It is an opportunity to save Dharawal and it's
contribution to biodiversity by upgrading it to a national park,
thereby offering more protection
Mal - Macquarie
Fields NSW
WE CAN NOT KEEP REMOVING
WILD LIFE AREAS SUCH AS DHARAWAL
Timothy-
Brookvale NSW
Please
take action on this issue as this is of national importance. "The
protection of our water catchments". The protection of this special
area to National Park status would also help to improve the drinking
water catchments in this area for the long-term.
April - Vic
Saving
any indigenous ecosystem is a plus for carbon storage (especially wet
sclerophyll forest). It is also a plus for rain, as forest draws
moisture from the sea. This, according to Rob Gell, "is year 8
science". Please, behave intelligently with your decision-making
prowess.
Edward - Wollongong
NSW
It
is an important cultural aspect of the local region that is home to
crucial native species. The area is significant to the original
indigenous inhabitants of the area. Coal is not part of the
ecologically sound future, but part of our filthy polluting past and
the sooner it takes its rightful place, the better it is for the world
and for the endangered species that have been reduced to these numbers
by thoughless poltical actions of the past
Jack- Maroubra NSW
There
is extensive circumstantial evidence that underground mining can cause
draining of creeks and rivers, which would grossly degrade this area.
Allan - Lugarno NSW
The
area in question is so beautiful and at present relatively pristine
every effort should be made to upgrade it to a National Park. Because
the world is becoming so urbanised and resulting in
extinction of
so many of our animals, birds and plants due to loss of habitat is
another reason why it's so important that Dharawal becomes a
National Park
Svetlana - NSW
Sites
of sensitivity & environmental value need to be conserved
&
protected. The royal np Is an example of excellent planning for wider
publics benefit & as a young person I'm grateful that it is
around
for us to enjoy & for animals. The dharwal area has intrinsic
value
& development nearby will have unacceptable impacts. The
economic
gains will not outweigh the environmental cost & the voice of
the
people whom care about the environment & the plants &
animal
communities that do not have a voice needs to be heard. Thanks
Sharyn-Oatley NSW
A
strong coalition of community groups has formed to argue this case
including the Georges River Environmental Alliance. Dharawal is the
clean headwaters of the Georges River and this is increasingly being
recognised. The nine councils that are part of the Georges River
Combined Councils Committee have also voiced their support for a
Dharawal National Park!
Carol-Gladesville
NSW
I
went on a walk with our bushwalking club in Dharawal two weeks ago. I
saw a magnificent set of aboriginal charcoal drawings and swum in a
large pristine pool with a waterfall flowing into it. Future mining is
likely to lead to the collapse of sandstone walls and the loss of
valuable aboriginal heritage and will also degrade and pollute the
waters of it's pristine streams. Please make this area a National Park
so that future generations can also enjoy it. It needs to be protected
for all time.
Ute -Hurlstone Park
NSW
Our children will thank us
for the protection of those areas
John
-Hazelbrook NSW
I
swam in the uppper reaches of the Georges River as a child and
marvelled at its pristene condition. I recall echidnas and freshwater
musells. Macquarie also commented on this areas beautiful water course
in his travels. Pleaseprotect this beautiful area against destruction
by the mining industry. The damage already done to the Cataract River
must surely be sufficient evidence that the mining industry is reckless
and totally devoid of concern for our waterways. \As a National Park
the State will gererate millions in tourism.
Ben Walsh
-Kanahooka NSW
You
have the power to make the decisions which affect us all. Please take a
long sighted approach and think what we will need for our future. Clean
water and clean air. These things only come from from a clean planet.
The more green spaces we have, the better chance we have of maintaining
these key ingredients for our life. Promoting clean energy is the 3rd.
Instead of gas mining, how about wind farms, solar and Concentrated
Solar Power plants to power us out of this century?
A concerned citizen,
Cherie -Chipping
Norton NSW
Here is where we create a
future we want, instead of a future we have to endure
Mary - Tathra
NSW
Dharawal
will be much, much more valuable left in its pristine state.
Save
it now. The great national parks in the United States were
the
best investments that the US ever made.
Stephanie - Pennant
Hills NSW
Please show at least some
vision and some ability to be more than expedient in this matter.
Matthew -
Petersham NSW
I
call on the next governemnt to have the intestinal fortitude to stop
shooting in state parks in this state and evict the shooters party from
any position of power where the natural heritage of this great state is
compromised .
Rod -
Austinmer NSW
Apart
from the obvious biological and ecological reasons mentioned below, it
makes great sense protecting and maintaining a clean, natural
environment that adjoines the catchment areas of our domestic water
supply
Adrian - Minnie
Water NSW
It
is clear that the only certain way to effectively conserve threatened
species is through the creation of permanently protected and
undisturbed habitats in the form of national parks. Other planning laws
do not really offer much of a guarantee and it becomes only a matter of
time before cumulative impacts will represent the final blow in local
conservation terms.
Dianne - Fisher
ACT
I
have lived long enough to see what happens with swamps when they are
not protected. Remember the Wingiecarrabie Swamp out of
Goulburn. They let peat mining continue there, and the swamp
collapsed, and the water drained. Then came the last drought,
and
as this had been a key element in the Goulburn water supply - what a
catastrophe. So we need to protect these wet areas.
Beth - Armidale, NSW
As
a long-term conservationist and life member of the National Parks
Association of NSW I am aware that State Conservation Area status was
introduced to allow exploration and mining rights to continue in areas
of land deserving of conservation status. There is provision to review
the status of such areas. Such a review is urgently needed for areas of
the Sydney Catchment where BHP has said it will withdraw its intention
to expand longwall mining - areas such as Dharawal State
Conservation Area.
ROB - Bullaburra,, NSW
Continually increasing
population pressure means it is vitally important to preserve areas
such as this for our future wellbeing
Margaret - Mosman,, NSW
Here
is a great opportunity to ensure the preservation for all time of an
important , precious green area close to our rapidly spreading city,
which will to come under increasing pressure as our population
continues to grow exponentially
Janice - NSW
please,
please protect these areas. We are the voices for the beautiful flora
and fauna of the area; do not let them down. ANd do not let us down -
the people of australia who love our bush - and our country. Conserve
the beautiful parks
Yuri -Lane Cove NSW
Encouraging
mining is a short term gain policy that will cause irreversible damage
to this unique environment. The only way to protect it for future
generations is to declare this area a National Park.
Erith -Manly NSW
Please, Please upgrade this
beautiful area to National Park Status - it is a great walking area and
so close to Sydney
John-BelroseNSW
This area is so close to
Sydney and I love to walk there
Peter-Mosman, NSW
I
spend a good deal of my recreational time bush walking and have been in
many areas around greater Sydney enjoying what nature has provided. My
emotions cross the full spectrum from being in awe at the marvels of
the natural environment including the plants and animals, to that of
despair at what we humans have done to degrade and destroy.
I
encourage you and your colleagues to grasp this opportunity to provide
needed permanent protection for one very important area that is
reasonably close to Sydney. We live on one planet and our human impact
in a short amount of time is enormous. How long can this planet survive
and we along with it without serious changes to the way we manage our
precious environment?
Nicholas-Cordeaux Heights
NSW
I
am keen walker in wilderness areas such as the Blue Mountains
and
the Budawangs. The beauty and signifcance of the Dharawal SCA is of
equal importance with the advantage of easier access for the general
public. Dharawal SCA must not be put at risk.
Judith -Castle Hill
NSW
Water
in this country of ours, Australia, is extremely precious, and the
preservation and good management of catchment areas is of utmost
importance. Also to be considered:= As the
populations of
Sydney, Wollongong/Port Kembla and the Southern Highlands become
greater and housing denser, much more land needs to be put aside as a
breathing space for these Cities
Anna -Marickville
NSW
Dear
Ministers I grew up in the sutherland shire and enjoyed the abundance
of nature's beauty throughout the area, and I believe we should ensure
that our natural heritage is vigorously preserved for everyone to
continue to enjoy now and in to the far far future. Please act now to
permanently protect this important state conservation area by upgrading
it to a National Park. Future generations of Australians will thank
you.
Debby -Helensburgh NSW
My
home is adjacent to a proposed drill site. My life will be
ruined
with trucks going in and out. You people are MAD to even
think
about doing this! Where is your brain! Let's put
one next
to your home and see how you deal with it. Sartor, you should
to
take the blame for seeing as you instigated the cover up. Is
this
why so many Ministers are jumping from a sinking ship? Can't
bush
walk through Water Catchment but go ahead and drill for CSG?
Just
doesn't seem right to me.
Jacqui NSW
I
see today that the Coalition would look seriously into making this area
a national park - just another reason to vote for them
Gary
Schoer, Secretary, Southern Sydney Branch, National Parks association
of NSW
NPA
Southern Sydney Branch welcomes the announcement in the sydney Morning
Herald of 8.1.11 that any future Liberal Government will upgrade
Dharawal SCA to National Park Status thus conserving this area from
damaging coal mining and coal seam gas exploitation forever. Our
Association regrets that State labor has not seemed willing to
similarly conserve an area that the Planning and Assessment Commission
believed would be irreparably damaged by BHP's mining intentions. NPA
urges NSW Ministers to similarly announce their intents with respect to
an area that contains hundreds of upland swamps and creeks that are the
lifeblood for the richest congregation of threatened vertebrates in
Southern Sydney. There ISa major public interest in this issue, Mr
Sartor, despite doubts expressed from within your Department, and it is
time to demonstrate you are listening to the overwhelming community
voice that convinced the Liberal Party to take a stance. We urge other
copied politicians to keep the pressure up on state labor to
demonstrate its environmental credentials by catching up with public
opinion on a threatened NPWS reserve whose natural values are under
siege from the Big Australian...perhaps BHP can be urged to voluntarily
withdraw its mining leases. NPA tried, but efforts were dismissed by
BHP.
Rachel- NSW
Recent
surveys of aquatic invertebrates in Dharawal State Conservation Area
conducted by conservationists found a wide diversity of species
indicative of very healthy ecosystems. This is yet more
evidence of the very significant biodiversity of this area. I urge you
to reserve Dharawal SCA as a national park
Roz- NSW
We must protect our wild areas all from mining and gas extraction.
Francis- Woolwich NSW
What inheritance do we leave our children?
Dowson -Stanwell Tops, NSW
It
was a pleasant surprise to hear Barry O'Farrell announce on 2GB Radio
(8 Jan 2011) that his Government, when elected, would upgrade Dharawal
SCA (on the Illawarra Escarpment) to National Park status, something
that the moribund State Labor Party seems incompetent to achieve, even
AFTER learning that the Planning and Assessment Commission reported
that BHP's mining proposals would cause irreparable ecological damage,
and AFTER the welcome decision by BHP to drop their mining proposals in
that area. Perhaps, at last, commonsense has prevailed - and the Public
Interest, for once, intelligently addressed and supported
Judy- Hurlstone Park NSW
I
have just walked there in the last month and seen the overflow from a
mine dam, due to recent rainfall, flowing down O'Hare's Creek. Mining
has negative impacts on the biodiversity of the area, and is
incompatible with indigenous sites which need to be protected
Madelaine - St Peters NSW
Don't ruin the environment for a few bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Geoff- Pennant Hills NSW
The area is significant Koala habitat
Amy- Wahroonga NSW
Our
wildlife and their habitat of Darawal should be without question placed
under the protection of a National Park! Please take responsibility in
acting in the interest of our countries uniqueness and protect it for
our future generations, do the right thing to our planet and your
children and their families of the future will enjoy the beauty of our
country as we know it today. We can not replace it if we destroy it and
the flora and fauna will only come closer to extinction if we do not
protect it!
Peter Sangster, Vice Chair, Botany Bay and Catchment Alliance NSW
I
feel that it is an oxymoron to allow development in a Conservation
Area. Human greed can not be allowed to run rampant in this area and
its surrounds.The full ramifications of guilt would not be totally
apparent till well after this generation has passed. The children and
grand children of the future will condemn all those involved and those
who stood by and did little to avert this devistation of nature.There
is a better solution to save this teritory for eternity. Leave it to
mother nature.
Leonard, Gladesville NSW
I
have walked into this area many times,leading groups of walkers, from
the south at Darkes Forest, and the north at Wedderburn. Much of the
area upstream on O'HARES Creek is substantially pristine with a great
feeling of wilderness, an ideal habitat for wildlife and a wonderful
sink for water retention. Much of Queenslands current flooding problems
are due to over zealous land clearing during the Blelkie Peterson
years, and this should be warning to those who wish to destroy the
integrity of this unique area. I trust you will make the right decision
for future generations !
Trevor, Stanwell park NSW
Please
let the logic of saving this area prevail over the corruption, and mind
numbing ignorance of a few empowered and obviously idot politicians.
Lets weed them out and get some intelligent and accountable (dirty
word).. management... and not leaning to the 'fast dollar', and think
of the future... beyond!
Jamie, Elderslie NSW
This
area is a beautiful, unique and very valuable asset to the tax payers
of this country. It would be a crime to allow mining to destroy this
area any longer. Please make this place a National Park immediately.
Graham , Engadine NSW
Please make this a bipartisan undertaking
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