Say good-bye to doomed and ancient trees at Buangor - come to the art convergence this Sunday

FROM THE WHAM FACEBOOK SITE:

Helen Lewers added photos to April 26, 2015.

26 April at 21:31

Say your goodbyes to these beautiful old redgums who've been living in the Middle Creek area long before it had that name - 200-400 years previously, at least. Say goodbye to the young trees too. There aren't too many growing on adjacent farmland. NONE of these trees are protected. 

Not by‪#‎VicRoadsVandals‬.

Not by the ‪#‎AndrewsGvt‬.

Not by anyone who has the power to protect them. 

Say goodbye.

AN INVITATION

Noticed any roads authorities vandalising ancient habitat trees

on the Western Highway lately? 

Come to Buangor on the 3 May - Sunday - 10am to 3pm 

and help record the treasures we are losing. 

Bring all your own materials, picnic, chair, etc. 

(NB - good toilets at Beaufort!) 

The enormous environmental damage being inflicted upon us all 

is to save a TOTAL OF 2 WHOLE MINUTES of travel time 

between Beaufort and Ararat! 

For more details contact as per poster or via WHAM on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/groups/867523523309131/

Numbers to phone for more information:

0408 545 229

0400 713 175

Could you also bring Yellow Ribbons
to tie around the trees
As a symbol of our care for them
Please know, we are being positive about saving these trees
for future generations

Tarkine in Motion - Happening. Right. Now. So is the Western Highway Duplication in Victoria. Destruction abounds. Habitat destroyed.

The above action is scheduled for the Tarkine in Tasmania.

Meanwhile along the Western Highway,
ancient river red gums and much vegetation and habitat
is being destroyed by Vic Roads
as the duplication of the Western Highway progresses.

The Western Highway is Australia's second busiest highway.
It is the major road route from Melbourne to Adelaide.
It is second only to the Hume Highway
which is the major road route between Melbourne and Sydney.

The main vehicle for protest and airing angst is on Facebook.
WHAM

WHAM is planning to imitate the Bob Brown Foundation's
Tarkine event with one of its own.
Here are the details from Helen Lewers.
Please diarise and plan to attend.

Helen Lewers via Bob Brown

Bob Brown has organised an artist's convergence for the now threatened Tarkine in Tas - and WHAM is going to have one too at Buangor on the weekend of 2-3 May, 2015. Please come with your cameras, sketch pads, paints and pencils, to record what may very well be soon lost to us, to local fauna and to successive generations of people and animals.