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6 out of 10 ain’t bad, but..

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We wanted to make sure you didn’t miss last week’s article in the Daily Examiner about the new Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) for Wooli

It begins “Clarence Valley Council’s back-flip on its original plan to deal with rising sea levels at Wooli has won a 6 out of 10 score from residents”.

As Meatloaf sang (well almost), 6 out of 10 ain’t bad. It’s a big improvement on the zero the community gave the 2010 Plan.

Here’s the complete DEX article.

The Wooli community showed how seriously it takes this CZMP, and how closely it will be watching its progress. A deluge of  72 submissions containing about 300 pages was received by Council.This submission illustrates many of the points raised by the community.

A summary of our submissions will accompany the CZMP to a full meeting of Council on June 23 before the final version goes to the NSW Environment Minister by June 30.

 

Art Show 2015

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           Artist: Sue Marshall      Title: Joy de Aqua   Awarded People's Choice 2014

WAG TIME AGAIN….FOR THE 5TH YEAR!

The Wooli Artists Gathering (WAG) is again holding the Wild About Wooli ArtShow.  WAG, which was formed in November 2010, is composed of people connected with Wooli who are artists, or have an interest in art.

The beauty and unique location of Wooli and its surrounding area have attracted many artists and stimulated people to develop their artistic talents. However this growing collection of artists remained largely invisible.   Prompted by the Protect Wooli campaign, it was thought important to draw positive attention to the value of Wooli, by collecting and widely promoting Wooli ‘s artist community. Those who attend meetings and express interest in the Gathering ‘s aims are members. There is no membership charge or criteria, except for involvement or interest in artistic endeavours. The exhibition has been held every year since 2011.

 

The 2015 Wild About Wooli ArtShow will present exhibits of regional artists who are inspired by the beauty of our coast. These can include paintings, works on paper, sculptures and fabric art which fit the theme: Coastal.

Ian Rees has once again generously provided the venue for the show at the Wooli Hotel Motel.

It opens with a cocktail party on Friday 3rd  April 2015 at 6.30pm and continues on Saturday 4th  and  Sunday 5th  April. The Show will be opened by Clarence Valley Councillor Sue Hughes, and entries will once again be judged by Jude McBean, Director of the Grafton Regional Gallery

All the details you’ll need for the show are here in the Invitation to Artists  and in the Public Invitation.

 

Professionals and amateurs alike are welcome to exhibit – artists, photographers and those who like to experiment with other media.  

Children ‘s works will also be displayed, so get painting kids. Last year’s Cockatoos from Wooli Primary School almost stole the show.

A People ‘s Choice prize will be awarded and there are prizes for various categories.

Last year ‘s exhibition was another resounding success and many sales were made.

If you would like to see your work up on the walls at the show, here are your Application 2015  and Registration 15  forms. If you have queries please contact  Kathleen Hull on 0407 454322 or at  kathleenhull69@gmail.com.

Artist or not, come along and enjoy a drink and a nibble and admire the works of our talented coastal community. One may even end up on your wall. As in previous years, a donation from proceeds will be made to CCPA-Wooli, the community-based group working with government to develop protection strategies for Wooli beach.

Join us for a fun and inspirational evening.

 

 

Protect-Wooli goes to Canberra

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“Many communities experience repeated disruptions from flood, cyclone and fire events.   Some of these events are unforeseen and the damage is unavoidable, but in many cases the consequences of natural disasters could be mitigated.”

 

This quote is part of an inquiry launched by Joe Hockey and being undertaken by the Australian Productivity Commission (APC) into how taxpayer dollars could be better used in managing natural disasters.

 

 

The main concern is that most of that  funding is being used to pick up the pieces after disasters rather than on mitigation steps to minimise the damage.

The APC’s inquiry invited submissions and CCPA-Wooli responded. The highlights of our submission are that :

–      coastal erosion and inundation  should be recognised as an emerging type of disaster, which, if forecasts are correct, could steadily become a major long term problem around the whole of Australia ‘s coastline;

–      beach nourishment using offshore sand sources  is a viable mitigation strategy to effectively prevent or at least greatly reduce the impact of this type of disaster;

–      a funding model based on a Public Private Partnership approach would make this strategy sustainable indefinitely.

 

Click on this link to read  Our Submission. Its quite brief and we’d appreciate your feedback.

As you’ll see it draws information from a research paper by Mr Angus Gordon,  an experienced coastal engineer and member of the NSW Coastal Expert Panel.

 

 

Artists Supporting Wooli

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Wooli has long had an enthusiastic and capable artistic community.When the Protect Wooli campaign began in 2010, a group of those artists came together with the idea of using the community’s talents to raise funds for the campaign.

 

They formed the Wooli Artists Gathering (WAG) and set about organising an annual Wooli Art Show drawing entries from artists young and old, local and distant, amateur and experienced, expressing their skills in painting, sculpture, photography and mixed media. The common theme for all entries is “Inspired by the Coast”. This has revealed a wealth of creative talent from the Wooli community and further afield.

 

 

Each year, a percentage of art entry and sale revenue, ticket sales and raffles has been generously donated to CCPA.

So far this brilliant idea backed up by skilful organisation and community support has contributed almost $6000 to help protect Wooli. Long may it continue.

 

 

New Plan for Wooli unanimously supported by Council

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It didn’t happen overnight but it did happen!

Great news was received recently from Clarence Valley Council (CVC) – they have unanimously endorsed undertaking a major revision of the draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) for Wooli. The original 2010 plan favoured the Planned Retreat option whereas the new plan will recommend solutions based on beach research and modern adaptive management techniques.

 

CVC’s decision was taken as a result of extensive community consultation, particularly with CCPA-Wooli. Council also noted that “existing partnership arrangements with the Wooli CCPA, such as the beach camera monitoring project, suggests that a collaborative approach is possible and very productive”.

 

Here are  Highlights from Council decision  or, if you prefer, you can read the full  CVC Minute approving new CZMP process.

 

    As you you can see from these Minutes we’ve made big strides in working with Council compared to a couple of years ago.

The next big step will be taken this week!

A three-way meeting will be held at Wooli where CCPA, CVC and NSW Dept. of Environment & Heritage representatives will focus on  how we work together to develop a new Plan (by Christmas 2012) which will be supported by the community, local government and state government.

 

You can do two things that will help get us to that point.

First, keep you fingers crossed that this meeting goes well.

Second, and much more importantly you can show your ongoing support by renewing your CCPA Membership asap if you haven’t already done so.