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  1. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Waterfall erosion across road disrupts local businesses
    bellingenshirenews.com.au/2026
    #erosion #roads #SupplyChain #Dorrigo #Bellingen #Thora

    #erosion #roads #supplychain #thora #dorrigo #bellingen
  2. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Dorrigo Anzac war memorial vandalised by drunken people and motorists

    "The stone soldier has been through the wars of multiple vandalism attacks and a car crash."

    "The rifle was damaged when a 28-year-old man climbed the war memorial, breaking off the rifle barrel, which a 24-year-old woman then put in her underwear, making lewd movements during a drinking session at the nearby hotel. Both fined by the court, the man was also ordered to pay $25,000 towards repairs."

    "Since the vandalism last year, the Minns Labor government has introduced tougher penalties for intentional or reckless damage of war memorials, which can now lead to up to seven years in prison." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-22/dor

    Will motorists be charged too?

    #Dorrigo #vandalism #motorists #cars #war #violence #monuments #NSW

    #dorrigo #vandalism #motorists #cars #war #violence
  3. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Court makes landmark decision after illegal logging in NSW state forest
    "Trees were illegally felled in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest, north of Dorrigo." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-01/wil
    #loggingIndustry #FCNSW #harm #crime #Coffsharbour #Dorrigo #NSW #biodiversity #Gumbaynggirr #FirstNationsPeoples

    #loggingindustry #fcnsw #biodiversity #coffsharbour #gumbaynggirr #firstnationspeoples
  4. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

    #roads #waterfallway #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading
  5. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

    #roads #waterfallway #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading
  6. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

    #roads #waterfallway #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading
  7. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

    #anthropocene #mindsets #sisyphus #engineering #cars #infrastructure
  8. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Roads cutting through mountain ranges and waterfalls
    Do they cause landslides and reactivate old ones?

    Temporary fix for Waterfall Way at Gordonville slip site
    "Waterfall Way has reopened between Bellingen and Dorrigo after temporary repairs to the Gordonville slip site. The temporary fix consists of a gravel filled shipping container wall, two containers high and eight containers long, attached to the rockface using nine high-strength steel anchors drilled deep into the rockface." >>
    insidelocalgovernment.com.au/t

    Video of landslide: Waterfall Way, Gordonville Crossing Landslip >>
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZGymAVc1u8g

    Do roads mean landslides are more likely? >>
    blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/01/16

    Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?

    "In this study, we report a distinct correlation of mass movements and major road constructions that explicitly shows human impact on mountainous environments which are under anthropogenic disturbance recently. Our results further suggest that slope instabilities increased drastically after major service road constructions for hydroelectric power plants and as well as other road extension works."

    "We also stress that the impact of road construction can disturb the natural slope equilibrium to an extent comparable with moderate (larger than 6 Mw) earthquakes."

    "Such an observation implies that human activities can have a large, if not even dominant, impact on landscape evolution and the natural regime of surface processes. This is part of the definition of “Anthropocene,” an age where our society shapes nature for our purposes, frequently at the risk of damaging ourselves."
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    Image: Sisyphus, Franz von Stuck, 1920

    #roads #WaterFallWay #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading #waterfalls #Bellingenshire #Dorrigo #landslides #landslips #infrastructure #cars #engineering #Sisyphus #mindsets #Anthropocene

    #roads #waterfallway #mountains #ecosystem #denudation #overloading
  9. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    The mountain is falling off on Waterfall! Way due to traffic overloading

    "The road is a key tourism and agricultural route between north-west NSW and the coast, vital for the transport of livestock, dairy and produce over the Great Dividing Range...We've had 150 tonnes coming down over the initial 50 tonnes of material that fell."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/far

    Landslide susceptibility near highways is increased by 1 order of magnitude in the Andes of southern Ecuador, Loja province
    "Mountain roads in developing countries are known to increase landslide occurrence due to often inadequate drainage systems and mechanical destabilization of hillslopes by undercutting and overloading." >>
    nhess.copernicus.org/articles/

    #roads #landslides #slopes #traffic #trucks #waterfalls #mountains #Dorrigo #MidNorthCoast #NSW #tourism #FossilFuels #climate #WaterFallWay

    #roads #landslides #traffic #trucks #waterfalls #mountains
  10. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Rare Earth Elements and Mining Externalities

    "For every tonne of rare-earth oxide produced, roughly 2,000 tonnes of acidic wastewater are left behind." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2025-11-15/aus

    The new Australian-American $US8.5bn critical minerals deal. >>

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    Push to reopen old mines in The Dorrigo Plateau ,NSW in global race for critical minerals >>

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    Not So “Green” Technology: The Complicated Legacy of Rare Earth Mining

    "But as much as technology is hailed as the panacea of the future, most of these innovations have a dirty underside: production of these new technologies requires companies to dig up what are referred to as rare earth elements (REEs). " >>
    hir.harvard.edu/not-so-green-t
    #mining #RareEarth #externalities #water #waste #pollution #CriticalMinerals #ICT #cars #ElectricVehicles #EV #energy #transition #panacea #weapons #REEs #MiningExternalities #regulations #Dorrigo #NSW

    #mining #rareearth #externalities #water #waste #pollution
  11. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Remember the Urunga wetlands waste tailings rich in antimony, arsenic, lead and cyanide?

    "For five years in the 1960s and 1970s, antimony and other heavy metals leached from an ore processing plant into the melaleuca wetlands. The wetlands used to open up into a moonscape of light grey sand with not a single bit of vegetation."
    >>
    crownland.nsw.gov.au/sites/def
    majorprojects.planningportal.n

    Now they want to go for Wild Cattle Creek 'high-grade and high-tonnage' antimony-gold mining >>
    listcorp.com/asx/tmg/trigg-min

    A Clarence Catchment Alliance community meeting

    is being hosted by the Bellingen Environment Centre,
    with Blicks River Guardians and Lock the Gate Nambucca,
    from 2pm on Friday May 31 at 16 Cudgery St, Dorrigo.
    >>
    clarencevalleynews.com.au/clar
    #NSW #Dorrigo #Urunga #remediation #CoffsHarbour #mining #antimony #gold #extractivism #harm #WildCattleCreek #WCC #water #contamination #wetlands #rivers #waterways #freshwater #MarineWater #platypus #biodiversity #BellingenShire

    #nsw #dorrigo #urunga #remediation #coffsharbour #mining
  12. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Prescribed burn in the the Valley of the Giants gone wrong
    Save the tourist infrastructure not the national park?

    "A plan to protect tourist infrastructure has resulted in an estimated 180 large trees falling over. Western Australian authorities say the planned burn was carried out east of the Valley of the Giants precinct to protect visitor infrastructure. While the tourist hub was untouched, conservationists say the fire has been "catastrophic" for a nearby section of bushland, and the outcome should have been predicted."
    >>
    au.news.yahoo.com/popular-auss

    The Dorrigo Arc Rainforest Centre in Dorrigo National Park tourist "upgrade".
    Dorrigo Escarpment great walk review of environmental factors: public consultation
    Have your say on the review of environmental factors

    until Monday 24 February 2025.
    >>
    www2.environment.nsw.gov.au/to
    #tourism #infrastructure #clutter #Dorrigo #rainforest #systemic #failure #values #bushfires #ControlledBurn #NationalParks

    #tourism #infrastructure #clutter #dorrigo #rainforest #systemic
  13. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    The Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk

    Intensifying the throughput rate with a series of soaring walkways through the Gondwana Rainforest

    The $56.4 million investment in Dorrigo National Park will create “accessible, engaging and immersive experiences for visitors. The 4-day walking track will “connect people with nature... The new 46-km multi-day walk along the rugged escarpment within Dorrigo and Bindarri national parks, includes hiker camps, pedestrian bridges and lookouts.”

    The review of environmental factors for the Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk is available for public comment
    >> until 24 February 2025. >>
    www2.environment.nsw.gov.au/to
    nsw.gov.au/have-your-say/dorri

    The Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk project has the potential to put though an extra 200,000 visitors ...>
    bellingenshirenews.com/2023/11

    There is an information session at the

    Gleniffer Hall at 10am on Tuesday 11 February

    at which staff from National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) will outline the draft review of environmental factors (REF) for the Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk.

    #biodiversity #rainforest #Gondwana #MidNorthCoast #NationalParks #NSW #BindarriNP #Dorrigo #AdventurePark #infrastructure #lookouts #views #cars #Climate #tourism #traffic #TheDrive #Bellingen #experience #stuff #walkways #ecology #MoreThanHuman #impacts

    #ecology #impacts #morethanhuman #biodiversity #rainforest #gondwana
  14. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Stop logging The Great Koala National Park

    youtube.com/watch?v=BfW9OzspOX
    #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #NSWlogging #SaveCloudsCreek #SheasNobSF #activism #Dorrigo #gliders #koalas #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateEmergency

    #thegreatkoalanationalpark #nswlogging #savecloudscreek #sheasnobsf #dorrigo #gliders
  15. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    The end of the road trip?

    The culture of 'the drive' requires sisyphean road maintenance, especially in a climate emergency.

    Mobile sprawl as a form of 'recreation' eliminates the landscape. It is the annihilation of space and time. Motorists want to get from their door to the spectacle in the fastest way possible. The 'in-between space' viewed through the car window vanishes.

    The pleasure cruise from A to B does not just degrade the landscape, but also eradicates possibilities of a livable planet. The overuse by the masses in their fossil fuel boxes makes the hillsides crumble, leads to landslides and erosion. After flash flooding, drought and heatwaves the roads have to be rebuilt over and over again.

    Here are three cases of 'scenic drives':
    California, Victoria and NSW

    Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how
    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d

    Climate Risk : The Path Ahead for the Great Ocean Road
    Unsustainable Tourism
    earlywarningnetwork.com.au/new

    Waterfall Way scenic drive, NSW
    nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/thing
    Why is the road called Waterfall Way ?
    abc.net.au/news/2020-12-15/wat

    #TheDrive #Cars #roads #ScenicDrive #vehicles #MobileSprawl #tourism #FossilFuels #hazards #RoadTrips #culture #So50s #BigAuto #MobilityDesign #dromology #speed #GreatOceanRoad #WaterfallWay #Dorrigo #NSW #GlenifferRoad #landscapes #erosion #RockFall #FlashFlooding #ClimateCrisis

    #cars #roads #vehicles #mobilesprawl #tourism #fossilfuels
  16. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Master plan developments at the Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk

    "The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is seeking feedback on draft master plans for the proposed Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk and the Dorrigo Arc Rainforest Centre, as well as a new draft plan of management for Dorrigo National Park, Bindarri National Park and Bindarri State Conservation Area."

    "The visitor centre will be a unique starting point for the stunning new multi-day walk along the escarpment edge through Gondwana World Heritage rainforests, with hut and camping accommodation."

    "The proposed Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk traverses Dorrigo and Bindarri national parks along the rugged escarpment, past teeming waterfalls, giant old-growth trees and over wild rivers as it heads down towards the coast. It will include new viewpoints, several suspension bridges and 46 km of walking track."

    newsofthearea.com.au/view-and-
    www.environment.nsw.gov.au/dorrigo-master-plans
    #Dorrigo #WorldHeritage #GumbaynggirrPeople #Gondwana #Bindarri #rainforest #infrastructure #views #experience #ViewingPlatform #ObservationDeck #walking

    #dorrigo #worldheritage #gumbaynggirrpeople #gondwana #bindarri #rainforest
  17. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    More roads will bring more #FossilFuel tourists.
    Imagine being on the Waterfall Way Scenic #Drive in #Bellingen and you cannot charge your electric vehicle.

    “The 185 kilometre Waterfall Way scenic drive links Coffs harbour and Armidale, passing rainforest, river valleys and waterfalls, including New England and #Dorrigo National Parks”.
    visitnsw.com/destinations/nort

    “Popular getaway towns reliant on #tourism are struggling to deal with a surge in visitors driving electric vehicles. Businesses rush to install electric vehicle charging to keep tourists coming back. "Imagine showing up in a #petrol car and you had to wait an hour and a half to fill up your car. You just wouldn't do it.”
    abc.net.au/news/2023-04-26/bus

    The 'upgrade' for petrol drivers: "Gleniffer Road provides access between Gleniffer and Bellingen as well as access to the popular #TouristDestination of the #PromisedLand and the #NeverNeverRiver. #GlenifferRoad is also a key #detour route to the Dorrigo Plateau when Waterfall Way is closed."
    bellingen.nsw.gov.au/Services/
    #Energy #FossilFuel #Cars #Roads #50sEngineering #EV #Access #WaterfallWay #ScenicDrive #Climate

    #fossilfuel #drive #bellingen #dorrigo #tourism #touristdestination
  18. Gethin Coles @[email protected] ·

    This kinda matches my mood right now
    Shot for a themed exhibition "Borderline"
    #blackandwhite
    #Droneography
    #landsacape
    #dorrigo
    #plateau
    #monochrome
    #gloomy

    #blackandwhite #droneography #landsacape #dorrigo #plateau #monochrome