Pop Up Actions in Urunga on the Pacific Highway.

I can stand alone by  myself on the Bridge in Urunga NSW.  The Pacific Highway is still going through the centre of town and so this has always been a favorite place of mine to go and stand with signs.   I am so damaged by the government and their useless decisions around people that I have to do this so I stay sane.  I am suffering so bad by all of this as it is like no one cares.  Many are asleep

On the Bridge - Farms not Mines

The horns that were blown in support of this action were overwhelming and this gave me heart and each one that blew let me know I was not alone with how I was feeling,  this is not another one of my scatty ideas.   Government damage is what got me where I am so I have to do what helps where I can to survive this in tact in my psyche.

I made a song up using  some of the catchy  melody of 'What's Up' - 4 Non Blondes.

I took my sign out of my car
I said
you've gone too far
I said hey
WHATS GOING ON

I took my sign up on the Bridge
I said
Ive had enough of this
I said hey
Whats going on

I said HEY yay yay yay
YAY YAY YAY
I said HEY whats going on.

I held my sign above my head
coz my body
was full of Dread
and I said
Hey whats going on?

Farms not mines
is what it says
Coz your making this country
A big mess
I said Hey
Whats going ON?

I said Hey Hey Etc etc etc and on it goes!

Here are the lyrics of What's Up

Twenty-five years I'm alive here still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination

I realized quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man
For whatever that means

And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I, I am feeling a little peculiar.

And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
What's going on?

And I say: HEY! yeah yeaaah, HEY yeah yea
I said hey, what's going on?

And I say: HEY! yeah yeaaah, HEY yeah yea
I said hey, what's going on?

ooh, ooh ooooooooooooooooh
ooh, ooh ooooooooooooooooh

and I try, oh my god do I try
I try all the time, in this institution

And I pray, oh my god do I pray
I pray all sanctity
For a revolution.

And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I, I am feeling a little peculiar

And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
What's going on?

And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what's going on?

And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what's going on?

And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what's going on?

And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what's going on?

ooh, ooh ooooooooooooooooh ooooooooooooooooh

Twenty-five years I'm alive here still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
for a destination
mmh mh

Writer: BERNSTEIN, CHARLES
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

source: http://www.lyricsondemand.com/onehitwonders/whatsuplyrics.html

Images @ Eminpee Fotography

The Weather has gone HAIL!

We got Hail in Urunga, we didn't get it like they did at Willowbank .

https://www.facebook.com/mollyjoe.hoare

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Like the legend it is from beginning to end.

You can never go too far or give up.  Some days are just so beautiful down by the waters edge in Urunga.

Meanwhile so much is going on the is just madness in the world.  What is the reasoning behind all of the madness of the world?  The energy is returning, feel it reeling towards the positive.  Its hard to see but it is a foregone conclusion the government and the mining and energy companies are going to meet with far more opposition than clearly they are banking on.

This issue of Csg Mining is a not negotiable issue.  Some keep crowing about how it can co-exist and in a very swift voice back I say NO.  No it clearly cannot co-exist anywhere as it is poison to the water and the water is important everywhere.

Not just some places, Everywhere!

Images @ Eminpee Fotography

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• Urunga

Urunga

Urunga is a small town on in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, in Bellingen Shire. It is famous for its surf spots. At the 2006 census, Urunga had a population of 1,919

 

Early Morning in Urunga

Urunga is the place where the Kalang and Bellinger Rivers join the Pacific Ocean. The charming town is just a 20-minute drive south of Coffs Harbour and 15 minutes from Bellingen.

The town is well known for its waterways and peaceful layed back lifestyle. Swimming, Fishing, Boating and golfing are just some of the good things the visitors and  locals of Urunga get up to.

  The foreshores area is one of my favorite places and I spend a great deal of time there,  sporting facilities of golf and bowling and of course fishing.  The local hotel is old and retains some of its old world charm.  A couple of  cafés adorn the sidewalk.

 

Urunga Boardwalk at Dawn

Walking out on the boardwalk across the mangroves of the river estuary to the beach is a daily ritual for hundreds each day.  To get to the entrance you drive into the Urunga Heads Caravan Park and follow the road straight ahead to the bottom.

 

 Urunga Railway Station in 2013

The trains still stop here in Urunga but the original railway station is now gone sadly, there is a sterile platform and shelter affair now replacing the original.

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Melonpop Drive is littered with tree branches and downed power lines!

No Melonpop Drive this week, we have the makings of a cyclone upon us.  I must stay home for safety.

Dogs must be on a lead so they do not get blown from your hands whilst walking on footbridge.

The Low pressure system off the east coast is going to deliver record breaking flood waters today.  Some have not recovered from the previous flood 3 weeks ago of great significance as well.   This will cause a lot of devistation.  Ballina has had in excess of 50 roofs off in the general area that the SES has had to attend.
Images @ Melopopzdropz Flickr

A new Heart Rock surfaces

I am always pleased when another heart shaped rock surfaces.  This little one was under the fallen tree in the front yard.  Brice found it when he was leveling out the soil in the area where the stump once was.

 

These are symbols of hope to me.  I need to take heart and keep hope high on the agenda of each day and not lose sight of this.

Symbols come into our lives for a reason, if the Earth is a living breathing entity she will communicate in a manner such as this.  By giving you a gift to show you the way.  The Earth is constantly throwing beautiful things at me and saying to me in this ...

" There is beauty everywhere, choose this boldly because it is yours, given as a silent reminder of everlasting hope".

Images @ Melonpopzdropz Flickr

Clean up Happening Now!

See what happens when people start speaking out.  This area was just forgotten about and not until you jump up and down and start reading the facts to people in black and white simple language like you are living next to death are you aware of this ????

No they didn't know.  We as parents didn't know.  I would not have let my kids play soccer on those soccer fields at Urunga If I had known the facts.  I would have no let anyones kids play on those fields at Urunga if I had known the facts.

From the Courier Sun Bellingen

Antimony clean-up underway 

Nov. 19, 2012, 1:25 p.m.

• 
  GHD investigation staff on-site in Hill Drive at Urunga.

The NSW Government is working to remediate the contaminated site at Hillside Drive in Urunga with the completion of a detailed site investigation.

The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) is project managing the site clean up on behalf of the NSW Crown Lands who own the contaminated land.

The Antimony processing activities occurred on the site in the early 1970s which sourced Stibnite ore from the Wild Cattle Creek mine in Dorrigo.
When the short term spike in Antimony metal prices fell, both the mine and the Urunga processing plant were abandoned. Since this time, the waste tailings containing antimony, arsenic, mercury, chromium, nickel, zinc, copper, lead and cyanide have spread into the adjoining SEPP14 wetland.
Project manager, Clayton Colmer is pleased that the results of recent sampling by local consultants GHD Pty Ltd have provided a clearer picture of the extent and nature of contaminated material on the site.
“Many investigations have been conducted in the past but did not give a complete picture of the contamination,” he said.
“The latest investigation used historical results but also involved an extra 300 samples. These samples included surface water, groundwater, soil, tailings and wetland sediments,” Mr Colmer said.
The recent sampling also used the latest technology X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) hand held sensor which allows a cost effective method of undertaking higher density sampling. Samples were also sent off for NATA accredited laboratory testing to confirm the concentrations of the heavy metals.

As part of the community consultation process, a public meeting will be held from 6:30pm Tuesday, November 27 at Urunga Golf Club to present the investigation findings and to discuss possible clean-up and disposal options.

“We will be considering a wide range of practical remediation measures to clean up the site and how to best use the $1 million government funding. It is hoped that on-site remediation works can begin in mid 2013,” Mr Colmer said.

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SO.........this is what I see from my perspective:

GHD are cleaning it up now but are they to be trusted HONESTLY look who their board of directors are and It appears they get all the best jobs for the boys in this game .. PLEASE READ ON

Founded in 1928, GHD has been active in the professional services business for more than 80 years. Since its inception, GHD has assisted global communities to realise their potential and create lasting value by delivering innovative and sustainable solutions.

GHD is a company built on partnerships. It continues to be an enduring force to connect, collaborate and communicate with our clients to solve their challenges, to drive our success and to make the world a better place.

1928	Gordon Gutteridge founded GHD and focuses on water and sewerage.
1937	Hobart office established.
1939	Gerald Haskins & Geoffrey Davey joins the partnership.
1949	Innovative sewerage design for Cairns, the largest city in Australia at the time without sewerage.
1950s	GHD expands into transport infrastructure, manufacturing plants, building and civil works, energy, mining and dams.
1962	GHD employs 300 people.
1967	GHD opens Gold Coast office.
1970	GHD employs 500 people and provides extensive services for Hobart’s landmark Wrestpoint Casino.
1972	Townsville office opened.
1974	Formation of GHD-Parsons Brinkerhoff Pty Ltd. GHD plays a major role in the design of a new city and infrastructure for Darwin, following Cyclone Tracey.
1975	Offices opened in Albury/Wodonga and Perth.
1976	Offices opened in Adelaide, Bundaberg, Mackay and the Sunshine Coast.
1978	GHD begins international expansion and establishes a joint venture in Malaysia.
1980	GHD employs more than 700 people. Bunbury and Newcastle offices opened.
1981	Gladstone office opened. Merger with Planner West Pty Ltd. Joint venture of GHD-Black & Veatch established. GHD-Wood Geotechnical Pty Ltd established.
1983	Offices opened in Katherine, Port Hedland and Rockhampton.
1984	Offices opened in Alice Springs and Wollongong.
1985	GHD-Wright joint venture established.
1988	GHD carries out planning services for World Expo 88 in Brisbane and opens office in Coffs Harbour.
1990	International projects burgeon and offices opened in the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
1993	GHD earns ISO 9001: 1987 accreditation
1995	Acquisition of Water Corporation of Western Australia's water engineering group
1997	Acquisition of WORKS Australia and LongMac Group
1999	Manukau Consultants Ltd (NZ) join GHD.
2000	Martin & Co in Gladstone join GHD.
2001	Smith and Wood Consultants, NZ join GHD. Acquisition of MME in Doha, Qatar and in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
2002	Mergers completed with Geo-Eng Group and EGIS Consulting Australia. GHD people increased to 2300.
2003	GHD celebrates its 75th year of operations.
2004	Baker Saran, NSW, joins GHD
2005	Mergers completed with AJP, Malaysia, Qest Consulting, NSW, City Design, SA, and Civil Design Services, NZ.
2006	GHD broadens its reach in Hong Kong, China and the UK, completing mergers with Rankine & Hill, a Hong Kong consulting engineering company, and Archispace, a provider of urban planning, architectural and landscape design services throughout China. Alliance formed with London-based AMCL, and offices opened in York and London.
2007	Three companies joined GHD including Leddy Sergiacomi & Associates, a Queensland engineering and environmental consultancy company, ProAnd, a New Zealand specialist meat process design engineering consultancy and PCT Engineers, a Western Australia/Queensland consultancy company providing engineering services to the oil, gas and mining sectors.
2008	GHD celebrates 80 years. Hassall & Associates, a consulting firm specialising in International Development Assistance, agriculture, natural resource and environmental issues joins GHD. Offices opened in Ireland and Canada.
2009	GHD now employs 6000 people. Four strategic mergers completed in the USA that build on our core water and wastewater services, including RoseWater Engineering, the Arizona Engineering Company, CSA Engineering and Stearns & Wheler.
2010	Continuous strong performance of our operations including strategic mergers with SMGC in the mining sector in Australia and China Water International Engineering Consulting Company (CWIECC) in China. Health and safety of our workforce was recognised with the 2010 Best Workplace Health and Safety Management System Award. Community engagement was strengthened with ‘GHD in the Community’ contributing to the MSABI project in Tanzania, supporting vital charities and making contributions to natural disasters around the world.
2011	Mergers completed with MGF Consultants in North Queensland, Australia, CollinsonDutton Ltd (CDL) in the UK as well as Winzler & Kelly, Commonwealth Engineering & Technology, Inc (CET) and RobsonWoese in the USA. We also expanded our capabilities in the energy and resources sector and registered significant wins in transportation. We achieved a period of 3.4 million hours free Lost Time Injury and continued to engage in a range of Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives including community contributions in New Zealand following the earthquake in Christchurch.
2012	We continued our expansion in the Americas with the acquisition of the Sernas Group in Canada's Greater Toronto Region in Whitby, Mississauga and Kitchener and in the USA, in Madison, Wisconsin. We also broadened our water services with the acquisition of the Water Sciences Group of Australian Laboratory Services. We have been named the fourth most attractive company to work for in Australia by recruitment firm Randstad and recognised as the best waste consultant in Australia according to a survey completed by Inside Waste Magazine.

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"I think that Mining will become one of the biggest social issues to rise in Australia since the Vietnam war as more and more people see the full scale of what is taking  place right before our eyes. It's totally horrifying.
 ~ Glen Schaefer ~

9 November, 2012 3:22PM AEDT
NSW response 'gives CSG green-light'

By Joanne Shoebridge (ABC North Coast )

The Government has issued its response to the upper house inquiry that travelled around NSW last summer hearing community concerns about coal seam gas.

It was billed as an inquiry that would strike a balance between the interests of coal seam gas companies, landholders, the environment and the state.

However many of the 35 recommendations made by the Upper House Inquiry into Coal Seam Gas appear to have been overlooked by the Government in its response.
The committee called for more scientific data to be made publicly available, for the rights of landholders to be strengthened in negotiations with mining companies, and for stricter environmental controls to be placed on exploration and production licences.

English: Jeremy Buckingham, elected to NSW upper house for NSW Greens (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Deputy Chair of the committee and NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham says the Government has ignored the recommendations.
"It's a re-hash of what the Government announced with its strategic regional land-use plans and it goes no way to addressing in full the very strong recommendations of the inquiry," he said.
"Many of the elements of the inquiry remain unaddressed and it's just another indication that this government is green-lighting coal seam gas in the Northern Rivers and across NSW."
Mr Buckingham says the Government has failed to release a review of the use of 'fracking' (hydraulic fracturing) conducted by the NSW Chief Scientist despite a recommendation by the committee for greater transparency, particularly with regard to scientific analyses.
"We were called on by the Government to do baseline data analysis, to do analysis of fugitive emissions, all kinds of things were recommended; the Government has ignored those," he said.
The Government has also announced a review of the Onshore Petroleum Act which governs the industry.
"There's no indication the community will get a say in how that act is re-written and what that means," said Mr Buckingham.
"That's a really important announcement from the Government and another indication that they are disempowering the community, the recommendations have been ignored, and they are trying to roll-out coal seam gas as fast as possible."
Asked whether industry concerns of a 'bubble' in the gas market which could affect the industry and gas prices on the East Coast were valid, Mr Buckingham scoffed.
"That is complete and utter garbage," he said.
"The reality is Santos and Exxon have signed long-term contacts to export Australia's natural gas from

Marcellus Shale Gas Well (Photo credit: wcn247)

our conventional natural gas fields.
"That is what is creating a pinch in supply."
The response was met with disappointment by anti-coal seam gas activists.

Boudicca Cerese from the Northern Rivers Lock the Gate Alliance says the response is a failure.
"It seems to continue the Government agenda of fast-tracking the CSG industry across the state with just a few more hoops for the industry to jump through," she said.
"They're saying they have all these policies, nothing has been regulated yet so the aquifer interference plan, there's still no regulation with any of it so I guess the next thing is to see what regulations they do bring in."
Ms Cerese says the Lock the Gate Alliance will continue direct, non-violent protests such as the demonstrations earlier this week at the Casino Airport where Metgasco was conducting seismic testing.
"The CSG-free community strategy rolling out across the region is really enabling local communities to become engaged in the whole debate and say 'no we don't want this industry in our region,'" she said.
The Minister for Energy and Resources Chris Hartcher, and the Chairman of the Committee, Shooters MLC Robert Brown were contacted for comment but were not available.

ABC Mid North Coast

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 NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham said Mr MacDonald has also held a coal seam gas forum in his home town, Armidale, and invited Santos to speak.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/liberal-mp-accused-of-taking-gifts-from-coal-seam-gas-company-20121101-28lev.html#ixzz2BnLxSjYE

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