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Seeing things clearly

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Roger Welch sees things clearly.As an eye surgeon his clients rely on this.

As a photographer he has amazed us all with his beautiful photos  of  Wooli ‘s wildflowers and sea creatures.

Here are more of Roger’s pics showing our wildflowers,    marine park residents  and slithery beauties.

Recently Roger saw an opportunity not to be missed.

This happened when the Protect Wooli campaign received tax deductibility status from the Australian Tax Office. It means that from now on each donation to protect Wooli can be claimed as a tax deduction. Contact us if you’d like to know how.

Roger ‘s $5000 donation is the first to take advantage of this welcome new development. However, his generosity toward Wooli started long before the tax man decided to help. When Roger ‘s earlier donations amounting to $6000 are combined with his long and valuable involvement in both the CCPA steering committee and DuneCare ‘s successful rehabilitation of the dune it is very clear that he is a worthy member of our Hall of Fame.

 

 

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.

 

 

Art Show 2014

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WAG TIME AGAIN….FOR THE 4TH 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 has 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 in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

The 2014 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 18th April 2014 at 6.30pm and continues on Saturday 19th and  Sunday 20th April. State and Federal Members for Cowper have opened previous ArtShows.

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, whether you are an artist, a photographer or just like to experiment with other media.  

Children ‘s works will also be displayed, so get those budding Picassos to put brush to paper!

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.  Here is a Slideshow  of photos from the 2013 exhibition. Press the back-arrow to leave the slideshow.

If you would like to see your work up on the walls at the show, here are your  Application 2014  and  Registration 2014  forms. If you have queries please contact Leone Coper at leonecoper@gmail.com or phone Kathleen Hull at 0407 454322.

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!

 

 

First birthday for eye in the sky

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Seems like just yesterday that Dr. Shaw Mead (eCoast) helped by CCPA members and Council staff set up the computerised camera system atop the Wooli water tower.

 

In fact, the system has been operational for over a year now capturing thousands of views during daylight hours of the dynamics of the beach in all different weathers.

 

The eCoast team has analysed all that information and presented CCPA and CVC with the first annual report of their findings. This and subsequent reports will be important components in building an evidenced-based beach protection strategy.

 

The Executive Summary  will give you the headlines in a few pages but if you’d like to know more its all in the full report.

 

 

 

Macquarie St., Prince St. and Main St. move ahead.

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    Speaking from his office in Main St. Wooli,  Bruce Bird (President of the Protect Wooli campaign) congratulated Clarence Valley Council on its recent unanimous decision to undertake a major revision of Wooli ‘s Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP).

     â€œIt didn ‘t happen overnight but it did happen” said Bruce.“We ‘ve still got a lot of hurdles to clear but this was a big one to get over.

The new plan will move away from abandoning the village. Instead it will focus on understanding the forces that shape the beach and using modern adaptive management science to develop a beach protection strategy for the long term”.

For the full story read our previous News item

 

Following hard on the heels of the Prince St. announcement,  theWooli community and CVC received strong support for their new approach via a media release from the O ‘Farrell government in Macquarie St. Sydney.

The release by Special Minister of State, Chris Hartcher  announced that

–   The heavy handed application of (the previous government) Labour ‘s sea level rise planning benchmarks for 2050 and 2100 would go…given that the scientific knowledge in the field was continually evolving

–   Councils will have the freedom to consider local conditions when determining future hazards

–   (And there will be) more freedom given to landowners to protect their properties from erosion.

 

 

Main St. and Prince St. aren ‘t resting on their laurels however.

The Wooli community has already implemented the surveys and automated photography systems to capture on-shore data about the beach and dunes. The community is now working with CVC on a jointly funded project to map the off-shore data about Wooli bay including its waves, currents, contours and sediments.

Time is of the essence as CVC works towards having a new CZMP available by December. What a Christmas present that would be for the Wooli community.