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East Gippsland Summer of Action

The East Gippsland Summer of Action kicks of on the 10th Jan (next Friday). A weekend intensive will be held in Goongerah, followed by actions/activities to
promote and save our old growth forests.

WHERE : Meet at GECO (Bonang Hwy, 70 km north of Orbost) on the 10th. Call 51 540 156 or 51 540 111 for directions and car pooling.
An RMIT bus may come if numbers can fill it -
call DANIEL to book : 9754 1642.
You can get a public bus from Melb as far as Orbost.
We can arrange pick-up.

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Although it's a bit further from Melb than other forest areas, the forests urgently need your presence, enthusiasm and willingness to learn ! You are welcome
to either stick around just for the weekend, or preferably longer, as the summer campaign develops.
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  BYO - tent, sleeping gear, food, sun & rain protection, personal first aid, small tarp, torch, day pack, water bottle, boots not thongs, musical instruments !

The weekend will include workshops in climbing, knot/rope skills, campaign history & planning, hair tubing(surveying for endangered mammals), bushwalks & trips to icon forests, scouting, map reading, GECO(the local environment centre) tours and much more.

Useful stuff to bring if poss -
Cameras (stills/video), climbing gear, banner materials & paint (MUCH NEEDED), water containers, hemp or poly rope, spare film, batteries, jerry cans & spare fuel, Trangia, big tarps, toppo maps of "Goongerah-Ellery", and "Delegate", compass, laminating plastic, closed spring operated TEA STRAINERS (MUCH NEEDED FOR HAIR TUBING, GPS, gaffa tape, welding rods, dog chains, d-clips(small).

PLEASE LEAVE DOGS AT HOME !

SEE y'all here. And remember, more high conservation value forests (including endangered species habitat, water catchments & old growth) will be logged this
year in East Gippsland than in any other year in history !
 

 
WOMBAT COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT WEBSITE

The Wombat Community Forest Management Pilot Project website has just
been launched @ www.wombatcfm.info

The website summarises activities to date and includes discussion and
interactive mapping pages.

The discussion page is aimed at local participants but there is a guest
ID that anyone can log in with and browse the discussion.

Please take a look and let us know what you think.
past events


Cycle for Old Growth Forests 2 on 27 Nov 02
See the COGF 2 page in the archive

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