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BellingenNSW<p>'Last chance to see' tourism: See rare or endangered species before they disappear<br>Bird-tracking apps turning sightings into stampedes<br>Chasing online alerts with a lot of fossil fuel.<br>"Almost one in six Australian birds are threatened with extinction."<br>>><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-15/tourism-industry-twitchers-birdwatching/104919868" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-02-15/tou</span><span class="invisible">rism-industry-twitchers-birdwatching/104919868</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/birdwatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdwatching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/twitchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitchers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/overtourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overtourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/landclearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landclearing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TheDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUVs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>The Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk</p><p>Intensifying the throughput rate with a series of soaring walkways through the Gondwana Rainforest </p><p>The $56.4 million investment in Dorrigo National Park will create “accessible, engaging and immersive experiences for visitors. The 4-day walking track will “connect people with nature... The new 46-km multi-day walk along the rugged escarpment within Dorrigo and Bindarri national parks, includes hiker camps, pedestrian bridges and lookouts.”</p><p>The review of environmental factors for the Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk is available for public comment <br>>> until 24 February 2025. >><br><a href="https://www2.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/park-management/community-engagement/walking-tracks-and-trails-in-national-parks/dorrigo-great-walk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www2.environment.nsw.gov.au/to</span><span class="invisible">pics/parks-reserves-and-protected-areas/park-management/community-engagement/walking-tracks-and-trails-in-national-parks/dorrigo-great-walk</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/have-your-say/dorrigo-escarpment-great-walk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nsw.gov.au/have-your-say/dorri</span><span class="invisible">go-escarpment-great-walk</span></a></p><p>The Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk project has the potential to put though an extra 200,000 visitors ...><br><a href="https://bellingenshirenews.com/2023/11/22/new-opportunities-flagged-for-shire/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bellingenshirenews.com/2023/11</span><span class="invisible">/22/new-opportunities-flagged-for-shire/</span></a></p><p>There is an information session at the </p><p>Gleniffer Hall at 10am on Tuesday 11 February </p><p>at which staff from National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) will outline the draft review of environmental factors (REF) for the Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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BellingenNSW<p>Tourism leads the pack in growing carbon emissions</p><p>"The most net emissions were reported in aviation, utilities and private vehicle use for travel. Australia ranked in the top 20 countries that together contributed three quarters of the total tourism carbon footprint in 2019.">><br><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/tourism-leads-pack-growing-carbon-emissions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/tourism-leads-pack-growing-carbon-emissions</span></a></p><p>Drivers of global tourism carbon emissions<br>"National tourism decarbonisation strategies will require demand volume thresholds to be defined to align global tourism with the Paris Agreement." >><br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54582-7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-54582-7</span></a></p><p>"The study found air travel and private vehicle use were the two biggest contributors to tourism's carbon footprint. Australians, meanwhile, are travelling overseas in record numbers..." >><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-11/tourism-air-travel-carbon-emissions-surge-environment/104701158" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-12-11/tou</span><span class="invisible">rism-air-travel-carbon-emissions-surge-environment/104701158</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ParisAgreement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParisAgreement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PrivateVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateVehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TheDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/tourists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LongHaul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongHaul</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AirTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirTravel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CarbonFootprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonFootprint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/electric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/vehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GHG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GHG</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Fom Queensland to NSW, the same story:</p><p>“Koala habitats have got smaller and smaller over the years, and the roads through them have got busier...The animals that draw visitors to the Queensland capital are being run down at an alarming rate. Just three days apart in November, separate pairs of mother and joey koalas were hit by vehicles and left to suffer on the side of the road. They were just hit and left. People don’t stop..This year we've hit over 100 within a 6km radius." </p><p>vehicle strikes crashes <br><a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/road-sign-exposes-dark-truth-about-popular-tourist-attraction-030508724.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">au.news.yahoo.com/road-sign-ex</span><span class="invisible">poses-dark-truth-about-popular-tourist-attraction-030508724.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/motorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motorists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roadkill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roadkill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TheDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Brisbane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brisbane</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GlenifferRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlenifferRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TheGreatKoalaNationalPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGreatKoalaNationalPark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SacrificeZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacrificeZone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> makers</p>
BellingenNSW<p>Unchecked tourism at Bellingen's Never Never River<br>Indigenous custodians embrace chance to curb tourism at 'trashed' swimming spot</p><p>"Occasional closure part of Indigenous Protected Area plan for troubled Never Never River's Promised Lands. The spot has now been declared part of an 81,000-hectare Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) in the Bellingen Valley." </p><p>"There have been concerns about pollution in the Never Never River at a popular swimming spot known as the Promised Lands, near the town of Bellingen...In January 2023, water quality at the river showed concerning levels of faecal matter, with human and dog excrement the suspected source."</p><p>"It was once regarded as something of a secret spot, but coverage on social media has seen it become an increasingly popular swimming site. But as the site is not recognised as a tourist area by Forestry Corporation NSW, which manages the Crown Land, there are no public toilets or rubbish bins, and minimal parking."</p><p>"Rather than it being a free-for-all, driving up and down from sacred places, we need to give it a rest sometimes during the year."<br>>><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-10/never-never-river-bellingen-indigenous-protected-area/103993356" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-07-10/nev</span><span class="invisible">er-never-river-bellingen-indigenous-protected-area/103993356</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PromisedLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PromisedLand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NeverNever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverNever</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TheDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ExcessiveTourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveTourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SaveTuckersNob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTuckersNob</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GumbaynggirrCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GumbaynggirrCountry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GoBeforeYouGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoBeforeYouGo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/swimming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swimming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/toilets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toilets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MidNorthCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidNorthCoast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/platypus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platypus</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Gleniffer Reserves and waterways management</p><p>There will be a review of the 5 year management plan of the Gleniffer Reserves. A meeting will be held at the Gleniffer Hall on Tuesday 23rd January from 9.30am to 12 noon.</p><p>Once residents and visitors have frequented the local watering holes in Bellingen, the swimming holes at Gleniffer are the main thing to do on a hot day. The mass tourism is funneled via ' the tourist drive'. The scenic country road has just been reconstructed into a highway-like infrastructure. Motorists are now enticed to race from the watering hole to the swimming hole. Cars park as close as possible to the small creeks and unload dogs and gear. The unwanted waste is commonly left behind for the local wildlife and the next load of visitors.</p><p>The reserves have a lot of car parking infrastructure and educational signage about settler explorers now.</p><p>A "Go before you go” campaign urges visitors to go to a public toilet before leaving the township. Many motorists/swimmers forget and the dogs can't read.</p><p>The 'upgrade' of Gleniffer road channeled the flow of visitors into local waterways that have no toilets.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/toilets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toilets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/platypus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platypus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/waterways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterways</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GumbaynggirrCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GumbaynggirrCountry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GlenifferRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlenifferRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Gleniffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gleniffer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PromisedLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PromisedLand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TheDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NeverNever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverNever</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/OverTourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OverTourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Worldwide there is a growing commitments to swimmable rivers and clean natural waterways.<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/olympic-swimming-in-the-seine-highlights-efforts-to-clean-up-city-rivers-worldwide-210714" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/olympic-sw</span><span class="invisible">imming-in-the-seine-highlights-efforts-to-clean-up-city-rivers-worldwide-210714</span></a></p><p>The case of the Bellingen's scenic swimming hole <br>Bellingen just smashed in a "$5.2M “gate way to the Promised Land” so that mass tourism can speed along the new 'highway' (Gleniffer Road) to the Never Never Creek. It is the town's main 'tourist destination' (but has no public toilet).</p><p>In January the Promised Land swimming hole near Bellingen recorded faecal contamination of water. "Council advised swimmers to stay out of the Never Never River.” Humans and dogs were blamed for the faecal matter. "It has been very popular over the holiday period and there are certainly indications that people have been using the riparian area there along the banks for toileting purposes”<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/promised-land-swimming-hole-bellingen-faecal-contamination/101844606" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/pro</span><span class="invisible">mised-land-swimming-hole-bellingen-faecal-contamination/101844606</span></a></p><p>“Tell the city you want your river back”<br><a href="https://popupcity.net/insights/the-renaissance-of-urban-swimming/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">popupcity.net/insights/the-ren</span><span class="invisible">aissance-of-urban-swimming/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/swimming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swimming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SwimmingHole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SwimmingHole</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/OverTourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OverTourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/holidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>holidays</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/stormwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stormwater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wastewater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/runoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>runoff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EnterococcusBacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnterococcusBacteria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FecalContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FecalContamination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ArthurKeoghReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArthurKeoghReserve</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NeverNeverRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverNeverRiver</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ThePromisedLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePromisedLand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TheDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TuckersNobStateForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckersNobStateForest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/platypus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platypus</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>The electrification of domestic car travel<br>The Bellingen case</p><p>Now that the Gleniffer 'highway' is nearly complete they discover it's so past century. The 'Scenic Drive to Gleniffer' has no EV charging network, no cycle paths, no footpaths and no toilets. But you get to experience the change from a quite scenic country road to a highway like ambience leading you along logging sites and tonnes of cement.</p><p>A post-servo highway? How electric vehicles are changing the Australian roadscape <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/22/electric-vehicles-australia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">23/jul/22/electric-vehicles-australia</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GlenifferRd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlenifferRd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TheDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/so50s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>so50s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denial</span></a></p>
Let's go to the 3DBB.<p><a href="https://masthead.social/tags/TheMorningLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheMorningLine</span></a>: </p><p><a href="https://masthead.social/tags/LauraMarling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LauraMarling</span></a>, Master Hunter <br><a href="https://masthead.social/tags/TheHarptones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheHarptones</span></a>, Sunday Kind Of Love <br><a href="https://masthead.social/tags/TheBeatles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBeatles</span></a>, Getting Better <br><a href="https://masthead.social/tags/TheFaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFaces</span></a>, Cindy Incidentally <br><a href="https://masthead.social/tags/TheBeachBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBeachBoys</span></a>, Mountain Of Love <br><a href="https://masthead.social/tags/TheDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDrive</span></a>-ByTruckers, Sink Hole <br><a href="https://masthead.social/tags/TrevorSensor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrevorSensor</span></a>, In Hollywood, Everyone Is Plastic</p>
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