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25.01.2022 ABC TV NEWS (NSW) story on Spring Gully 28 January 2018. For those that missed the broadcast. Reporter, Emily Laurence.

24.01.2022 TOMORROW! Maryanne Stuart, Labor candidate for Heathcote will be meeting BUNDEENA-MAIANBAR residents outside the IGA at 9:30AM Sat 26 Jan. Come down and meet your local candidate. T The NSW Government must stop the clearing of over 430 trees at Spring Gully for a development the RFS asked be refused and Sutherland Shire Council describe as "an extreme fire danger".

21.01.2022 This story highlights the extreme fire danger issues that local residents already know and fear, including those documented in Sutherland Shire Council's submission to the NSW Government over the extreme fire danger posed by the proposed Bundeena Coast Eco Lodge at Spring Gully, which the local and district commands of the RFS sought to be refused but which the RFS planning assessment office approved without having asked for or considered the thousands of public submissions ...received by Sutherland Shire Council raising issues over non-compliance with fire planning policy. Just last week we learnt of a threat of the withdrawal of RFS resources to the protection of properties in Bundeena and Maianbar at the edge of the Royal National Park. In the opinion of this author, our local politicians are too focused on greenie bashing and too little focused on protecting the environment, life and particularly the world heritage values of the Royal National Park, Australia's first national park. https://www.smh.com.au//warning-over-public-safety-in-nati

21.01.2022 You don't know this man but Dr John Wolstenholme fought for the conservation of Spring Gully and against the proposed sale of land, said to belong to his late Grandmother, to the Spring Gully developer. John passed away on 19 Oct 2017. Rest in Peace.

18.01.2022 Vale Jack Mundey 1929-2020. Had it not been for Jack Mundey and the Sydney green bans we would have lost so much more natural and built heritage to short-sighted developer greed. It's people like Jack who inspire us to fight for the conservation of nature and cultural heritage for the greater public good.

17.01.2022 https://www.theguardian.com//australias-biodiversity-strat

15.01.2022 Vote for your favorite bird. I think the Grey butcherbird is the most beautiful sound in Spring Gully and I swear their song is different this year!

14.01.2022 Governance at Sutherland Shire Council has descended into farce under Mayor Carmelo Pesce who has come out punching after Council decided to defer consideration of his proposed backflip that is not a backflip over Council's policy regarding Deeban Spit, adjoining the Royal National Park at Port Hacking. The Mayor has now resorted to verballing and defaming the Sutherland Shire Environment Centre, individual community members and his own fellow Councillors via social media. https://www.theleader.com.au//deeban-spit-request-refused/

13.01.2022 VIDEO: Jibbon artificial reef complete.

13.01.2022 Happy Anniversary! Three years ago on this day, development applications for a recreation facility for the former Scout land and clearing of the adjoining unmade road reserve were lodged with Sutherland Shire Council. Council refused both development applications and the developer's appeals have been before the Land and Environment Court for the last two and a half years! The good news? The trees are still there! We call on Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton to protect the Royal National Park and refuse the road proposal. #SaveSpringGully #nswpol #auspol #StandUp4Royal

13.01.2022 URGENT. ATTEND EXTRAORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT! DEEBAN SPIT, PORT HACKING UNDER THREAT! Sutherland Shire Council Chambers, Eton St, Sutherland. 6:30pm tonight! Mayor Carmelo Pesce is once again showing his disregard for the environment, science and DUE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS by abusing his office and the purpose of Mayoral Minutes. Tonight he will attempt to use a mayoral minute to inappropriately rescind Council's recent endorsement of the inclusion of Deeban Spit into the... proposed Sydney Marine Park upending the due process that Council staff have take sensibly taken in drafting Council's support for a marine park based on environmental science and sound public interest considerations. Once again Mayor Pesce has demonstrated his willingness to abuse his office and the due procedures of Council to the detriment of the environment against the public interest. Mayor Pesce has decided to once again abuse the role of the Mayoral Minute by calling an Extraordinary Council Meeting tonight to pass one tonight.The role of a Mayoral Minute is traditionally to record a matter of news of local significance; for example, the recent Mayoral Minute recognising the role of the firies in fighting the fires in the Royal National Park last year. Their purpose is not to be used to bypass the correct procedures of Council or to overturn previous resolutions of Council. The NSW Government had to step in and convene an independent enquiry into Sutherland Shire Council when Mayor Pesce's predecessor, fellow Liberal Kent Johns (formerly member of the Labor Party) was found to have abused the purpose of Mayoral Minutes by inappropriately using one in a similar manner to what Mayor Pesce will attempt to do tonight. The Mayor's knee jerk reaction in opposition to Council's endorsed support of sound environmental management of Deeban Spit and the Hacking Estuary is, bluntly, stupid. It is only through careful environmental management that natural areas such as Deeban Spit can continue to be enjoyed responsibly and sustainably by recreational users while sustainably maintaining their vital ecological role. Deeban spit is home to endangered species such as the pied oyster catcher which migrate from Siberia annually to nest and breed on the spit. It is difficult not to despair at the gross negligence of the environment by all levels of government in this country, federal, state and local.

12.01.2022 Spring Gully story on ABC TV News (NSW) this evening. Story starts at 24:11 http://iview.abc.net.au//abc-news-sunday-nsw/NU1830H004S00

12.01.2022 Limited tickets left. Don't miss out. Book today. Screening in Bundeena tomorrow night (Wed 6:30pm). Multi-award winning Aussie documentary. When the Northern Rivers of NSW community found their home being threatened by gas field industrialization, a critical mass of citizens from all walks of life responded to the call.

12.01.2022 Vale, Bob Walshe. Bob was a key founder and benefactor of the Sutherland Shire Environment Centre and a tireless activist for environmental conservation.

11.01.2022 Watch the Spring Gully story on ABC Sydney TV News tonight (Channel 2).

09.01.2022 Firefighter numbers will need to double to deal with increase in bush fires resulting from climate change - report finds.

08.01.2022 There are plenty of honeyeaters in Spring Gully at the moment, especially the Eastern Spinebill. Photo by Patrick Kavanagh.

07.01.2022 The NSW Government are not protecting our national parks. http://www.abc.net.au//government-scientist-quits-/9845142

05.01.2022 Feral bikes have now spread into the Royal National Park. OBike. Corner Maianbar Rd and Bundeena Drive.

04.01.2022 On this day thirty-seven years ago, five volunteers from Headquarters (Heathcote) Brigade tragically lost their lives as a result of a bush fire in the Royal Na...tional Park. It was Monday 3rd November 1980, just before dawn when local fire fighters were alerted to a bush fire near McKell Avenue, Waterfall. Later in the afternoon, the fire crossed Uloola Track heading north towards Heathcote. It is on this track where the five firefighters tragically lost their lives when the fire passed through the area. The fire was contained four days later near Karloo Pools just south of Heathcote. Today marks the important anniversary when these five brave firefighters from Headquarters (Heathcote) Brigade, Steve Crunkhorn, 26yo, Gregory Rolfe, 24yo, Vernon Stedman, 21, David Marshall, 19, and William Cummings, 21 made the ultimate sacrifice protecting the Sutherland Shire. We remember these young firefighters. Our thoughts are very much with their families, friends and fellow firefighters, many who still remain active today. The song which is accessible via the link below was written by a close friend of one of the firefighters who sadly passed away a few days after the the event. http://soundcloud.com/stgeorgesutherlandleader May they never be forgotten.

03.01.2022 Bundeena Floodplain Management Options drop-in workshops today and this evening at Bundeena Community Centre. Some options with significant impacts are on the drawing board so it is worth your while getting down and finding out more. Please also fill in the survey.All the details on the web page lined to below.