tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55685090210346368492011-08-03T02:34:13.370-07:00Byron Bay and the surrounding areas - Bundjalung country, Arakwal N.P.,Cape Byron Headland Reserve,Tyagarah Nature ReserveRita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5568509021034636849.post-30452901442630123432009-05-17T20:41:00.000-07:002009-06-01T21:41:28.549-07:00

Living in sub-urban, fire-prone areas with insufficient infrastructure to be evacuated from in case of fires: Sprawl. >>The Age What is Alert systems? VoIP?Updates:"A team whose job was to issue public warnings on a fire that killed 121 people had no access to the CFA website on Black Saturday" >> Herald Sun 290509"Families of Country Fire Authority firefighters were tipped off hours in advance

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Using sustainable mobility in the Byron Bay area runs against the unavailability of an appropriate infrastructure. Roadkill ist not just for native animals.A woman's body was found next to the Pacific Highway near Byron Bay. "Police are examining links between the woman's death and a truck found a short distance away with significant front end damage." abc

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This is not a Swedish site. The url is : http://byrn.blogspot.com

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Migratory Humpback whales ushering their calves along the Australian coast are in risky waters. Again another calf did not make it. Another one died at Byron Bay. The three to four months-old marine mammal had severe injuries from a twin-propeller boat (speed boat) "... The propeller had actually cut through the spine down towards the fluke, so he wouldn't have been able to swim properly." He

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Human garbage and fishing gear spells the death of many sea creatures. A Byron Bay protected grey nurse shark was stuck with a metre-long fishing hook in it's throat. A vet had to remove the artifact that so many just chuck into the landscape.The procedure can be watched here: video.

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At Tallow Creek behind Tallow Beach in the Arakwal National Park they do not want shorebirds, such as Little Terns, Pied and Sooty Oystercatchers or Loggerhead turtles – they want DOGS. Dogs are brought in regularly into this nature reserve, stealing the habitat of these ground breeding birds, denying them a refuge.(4x4s are also driven right into the creek) Similarly at Belongil Beach, they do

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Once there was thick subtropical rainforest, known as the 'big scrub', now there is less than 1% left. The area around Byron Bay to Mullumbimby, Wilsons' Ck, Uki and Nimbin appears as the following:A patchwork of sugar-cane, cattle, macadamia and banana monocultures. Watercourses are clogged with algae and a permanent chemical smell around the (eroding) banana slopes. In between are

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Snakes at Byron beach environmentsThanks to Hugoatbyronbay

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Australia has committed many infamous vandalisms against the landscape with the voluntary introduction of cane toads to control pests in the sugar cane industry for example. Foxes were also introduced for the leisured classes to have something to hunt for in 1871. Many exotic plants have been introduced and are still being imported, industrially propagated and randomly released into the

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Spraying (of herbicide) in progress at Wategos Beach end of the the Cape Byron Walking Track.What about the drift onto the beach?What about the drift into the water supply?What about the right to know, what is being sprayed?How about prior notice for visitors and residents?But does anyone care?

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The primary assets of Byron Bay are its 'natural assets'. Beach, protected Bush and wildlife. Human activity degrades and eliminates these assets speedily. 'Gardens' speak for themselves by sponsoring mostly o.s. plants and weeds. Any area where Australian animals and plants are supposed to be protected is the prime target for people to take their packs of dogs especially into these areas. Signs

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In the frenzy of clearing Australia there is rarely an exception where the endemic vegetation is allowed to grow right to the beach. Broken Head Nature Reserve is such a rare place in NSW where the coastal sub-tropical rainforest meets the Pacific Ocean. No road, no car-park etc in between. Steep slopes might have helped to keep the hoofed animals and motorised Australians off. The 75 ha large

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Back at Arakwal National Park beach via Cosy Corner carpark. Numerous dogs brought there again to be emptied out illegaly, making walking the beach unpleasant.At the same spot at Cape Byron State Conservation Area and Cape Byron Marine Park again numerous large fish, some fileted left to rot and stink at the beach. The largest fileted one might have been a Parrot fish, the others were very

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The road to and out of the town of Byron Bay is a city-like jam. The little town is eaten by cars. It “...has grown too fast for the infrastructure to keep up.” The beach and the eateries all have the stinking exhausts turned right into one's drink or food. Crossing the roads one feels like a swamp wallaby on the Pacific Highway. Some frustrated 4x4s actually deliberately accelerate to push

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A day at Tyagarah Nature Reserve: “ a thin strip of protected coast encompassing 7 km of secluded and unspoiled beach backed by coastal heath.” (N.P.) Longing to be emerged in a coastal flora and fauna environment, we drove north of Byron Bay (map). The way to the NATURE RESERVE was a continues strip of mining the Earth, the trees, the soil, the water, grab & cash it in. The dust off the wide

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Arakwal National Park is south of the Cape Byron State Conservation Area. We entered it via the Cosy Corner carpark. The Byron Bay Arakwal Country is co-managed by the Bundjalung people and National Parks. From the car-park one reaches the Pacific Ocean, the Cape Byron Marine Park. The good news is, that there are no motorised vehicles on the beach, which is unusual for Australia. A Brahminy Kite

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