It’s not obvious at first, but if you look more closely, the peak of the bureaucratic mountain to be climbed to get Wooli’s Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) approved definitely looks closer.

In case fatigue has dimmed you memory of our climb over the last year or so, here’s a refresher of the main stages so far. The big news is that the CZMP has finally been sent from Council to the Minister for approval.

While that progress is very welcome, the expert advice we’ve had warns the route ahead will be tricky, meaning we are unlikely to reach the summit of a certified CZMP until  first-quarter 2017.