Great Walk Networking in Nannup, Western Australia | Non-profit organisation

Great Walk Networking

Locality: Nannup, Western Australia

Address: Chalwell Road 6253 Nannup, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.greatwalknetwork.org

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25.01.2022 A very successful weekend, healing, singing, meditation and lots of cleaning and smudging love invested in the Tribal grounds. Spiders went scurrying under our enthusiastic cleansing. Windows are washed , outside painted, fire breaks done. The place is now feeling squeaky clean and much loved. Waiting for our visit at summer camp. Should you visit the tribal grounds anytime please give it a bit of love and attention , leave things clean and put away, brush through and mop kitchen floor. Thank you So much thanks to Wally, Ian, Yvonne, Carolyn, Michelle, Ursula, Kerri Anne and Rob.

25.01.2022 Wally and Yvonne at the Busselton showing, extremely informative documentary.

24.01.2022 Our Great Walker, Lorraine, speaking for the forest.

20.01.2022 Current list of venues for the screening of Cry of the Forests - A Western Australian Story. Catch the movie while it's in your town. More towns and venues yet ...to be confirmed, but stay up-to-date and find individual event links via the pinned post on this page. If you want to help bring the movie to your town contact Jane: [email protected] #Nannas4NativeForests #cryoftheforests

20.01.2022 Rally and Petition Handover to Stop Alcoa's Mining Expansion in the Jarrah Forests Tues 10th Nov 2020, 3pm Parliament House, Perth ... Alcoa’s plans for expanded bauxite mining in the Jarrah forests around Dwellingup, Jarrahdale and Serpentine will be emphatically rejected at a large gathering at Parliament House in Perth today. Since the 1960s, 23 000 hectares of Jarrah forests along the Darling Scarp have been cleared for bauxite mining and alumina production. Alcoa is now proposing to expand its mining operations and clear a further 8700 ha an area more than 20 times the size of Perth’s Kings Park in some of the most ecologically significant Jarrah forests in the Dwellingup, Jarrahdale and Serpentine areas. Local communities, supported by the WA Forest Alliance and The Wilderness Society, will come together at Parliament House today to strongly reject the proposal and call for the remaining Jarrah forests to be securely protected. This is the best opportunity Western Australians have had in a generation to deal with the juggernaut that is bauxite mining in our precious jarrah forests, said Jess Beckerling, convener of the WA Forest Alliance. In the 1960s, the WA State Government signed a special State Agreement Act with Alcoa, promising them ongoing access to publicly-owned jarrah forests for bauxite mining. This has served as a major impediment to communities trying to protect jarrah forests as the bauxite mining cancer has spread down the Darling Scarp. Alcoa’s massive proposed expansion is before the EPA and will be subject to a full public environmental review, so the spotlight is shining brightly on the issue now and the community is rising up in opposition, said Ms Beckerling. Patrick Gardner, State Campaign Manager of the Wilderness Society, notes the Northern Jarrah Forests face considerable impacts from climate change over the coming decades and centuries. As we know, protecting forests is climate action, Patrick Gardner said. It defies logic that we would not only drag our feet on climate action, but also allow another 8,700 hectares to be knocked flat. This is 8,700 hectares of forest that currently acts as a bulwark against climate change and a safe harbour for threatened species and our dwindling biodiversity. The Wilderness Society also called into question the continued relevance of the State Agreements that provided access to bauxite reserves. The State Agreement that sanctions this brazen desecration was initially developed when we were sending people to the moon, Patrick Gardner said. Since that time, the 'cauliflower' of scarred landscapes in the Jarrah forests south east of Perth has grown and mutated like a tumour. This appalling loss of jarrah forest is happening on the doorstep of metropolitan Perth, said Mr Gardner. Forests need to be protected for climate and for life, said Ms Beckerling. We need the McGowan Government to listen to the science and act in the community’s best interests as he did on COVID by protecting native forests. Contact: [email protected] | 0408 879 700 Patrick Gardner | [email protected] | 0423 105 032

19.01.2022 Don't forget to register for our next walk, Gondwana Connections.

17.01.2022 Caralynns recollections of her participation in the first Nannas blockade on 8 September 2020, including a beautiful sketch of the forest she was trying to prot...ect... _____ "We arrived in the forest before dawn. One of the workers was already there in the dark, warming up his machine. We sat in the middle of the road and as all the workers turned up we offered them tea and cake. They had to call the boss and we sat there as the sky lightened. The silence was eerie. I’m used to being woken by the dawn chorus of the birds, but there were no birds, except a lone kookaburra laughing as we sat in the cold and wet forest. The boss arrived and strutted towards us like an angry rooster. Would you like a cup of tea, cake, muffin? We told him we were not moving and he strutted off and rang the Forest Products Commission. The FPC man was very polite and surprised at the age of some of the older Nannas. We offered him tea and muffins and Peta read him our Nannafesto which explained why we were there and the actions we want before we cease our protests. He listened respectfully and went off to call the police. When the policeman arrived we offered him muffins (the workers had finished the cake) and tea and he told us all about his brother, before he told us he would have to arrest us if we didn’t move. By now we were low on muffins as well, so we agreed to leave and packed up our chairs. The policeman offered to help, but we were fine. We walked off through the Spring flowers, knowing that they would soon be lying in the mud, crushed by the enormous machines." - Caralynn Hoft _____ To learn more about NVDA (Non Violent Direct Action) join this workshop: NVDA Training for Forests #Nannas4NativeForests #Helmsblockade #forests4climate

15.01.2022 Committee meeting and camping for Nannup festival.

13.01.2022 For those who walked with us in Dwellingup and those who oppose the destruction of our forests, these are the people to work with.

13.01.2022 If you learn this song, we can sing it at Summer Camp. A very successful trip to Perth, we met the Minister for Forests and I spoke about GWN to the crowd.

13.01.2022 On our way on the Great Walk Bus, off to the Sterling Ranges "Gondwana link Connections" about 45 people booked inOn our way on the Great Walk Bus, off to the Sterling Ranges "Gondwana link Connections" about 45 people booked in

13.01.2022 Welcome to a weekend at home, Please RSVP so that we may serve you dinner on Sat night, $5 per night for GWN funds

11.01.2022 On our very creative performance night, with the very talented MC Nanette, Helen and Vera sang to the melody of "I am sailing" (Rod Steward, forgive us) 1) We are walking through Gondwana with our backpacks on our backs... here's a salt lake, there's a flock of birds there's some orchids on the way 2) Our brave old truck got stuck in the mud the helping tractor got also stuck Lizzie's trooper and Chris's van got stuck but Great Walk magic pulled them from the mud 3) We are circling round the fire enjoying veggie food and sharing tales signing up for jobs planning next day's walk everyone's chipping in, it never fails 4)Climbing Mount Magog was a challenge but lovely flowers and stunning views a few slips and trips, and very tiring but magic hands and creams heal everything 5) Every Great Walk has its ups and downs smelly toilets and leaky taps but sharing nature with new and old good friends our love for the Great Walk will never end. Melody: Rod Steward Text: Helen and Vera

09.01.2022 A Great Walk baby, Aisha Mae

08.01.2022 With the success of 'Cry of the Forests' movie launch in Margaret River on 4 November... a third screening has been arranged for Monday, 23 November, 11.30am in...cluding a Q+A with Jane Hammond, WAFA spokespeople and local characters who appear in the documentary. Make sure to secure your seat: www.margaretriverheart.com.au/movie/cry-of-the-forests/ #Nannas4NativeForests #cryoftheforests

07.01.2022 This is what we have been waiting for, that Strategic Sands have withdrawn the mining lease from the Gingilup-Jasper Wetlands adjacent to Lake Jasper. Let's ens...ure that this sacred site is returned to D'Entrecasteaux National Park. Please let your friends and supporters know about this news. Kind regards Geoff See more

05.01.2022 Currently, the WA Government is planning to bulldoze straight through 71 hectares of native vegetation called the Gelorup Corridor to build the Bunbury Outer Ri...ng Road (BORR) If this plan is allowed to go ahead it will decimate an environmental sanctuary where many species of native flora and fauna thrive. This includes several endangered species such as the critically endangered Western Ringtail Possum. As well as this, it will further endanger three species of threatened Black Cockatoo, destroy sensitive Banksia Woodlands, harm sites of Indigenous significance and tear down a handful of registered ancient giant trees - some of which have stood for hundreds of years. The Friends of the Gelorup Corridor EST 1995 who have long been campaigning against this project accept that it is necessary to build a bypass. They accept that the growing tourist and residential traffic, along with the increase in trucks on our roads must be catered for. What they don't accept is the Government’s insistence that the BORR is to be built in the narrow, unsuitable, environmentally sensitive corridor. The time is NOW to help stop the BORR. Friends of the Gelorup Corridor are urging everyone to visit the link below and sign the necessary forms. There is a form to fill out a State submission, due on the 14th of December, and a form to fill out the Federal submission, due on the 18th of December. Please fill out both to make sure your voice makes double the impact! https://www.friendsofgelorup.com/take-action

03.01.2022 Come join us for summer camp Boranup 28th Dec. 2020 to 6th Jan 2021. Then over to Nannup Tribal Grounds: 6th Jan. to 11th Jan. (or stay longer) The first campsi...te is adjacent to the Boranup Forest and close to Hamelin Bay on private property 20 kms north of Augusta. We have had two previous summer camps here. It is a lovely spot and there are plenty of activities and many beautiful areas just a short GWN bus ride away. We will take the GWN bus and the truck will have our usual camp requisites. We ask that you bring a box of food (about $40-$50 worth) to use in shared meals. A payment of $15 a day is also asked to pay for bus fuel and to buy extra food as needed. AGM and OGM Meetings The Annual General Meeting (AGM) to start at 10.am Sunday 3rd January. Solely to elect new committee. Immediately to be followed by the Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) for any other general business. See more

02.01.2022 Lake Jasper this weekend!

01.01.2022 Great Walk Networking 1996 Yoondadadup - Lake Jasper