Newsletters

A notice from the Canberra Forest Alliance and Conservation Council ACT.

Cheers,

Darryl Seto
(for the Ginninderra Falls Committee)

The Canberra Forest Alliance and Conservation Council ACT invite you to a forest art auction, to be held from 4.30 pm on the 15th of March, 2025, at Capital Brewery in Fyshwick.

The auction will support our campaigns to protect our beautiful native forests – those surrounding ACT, those in Southcoast NSW forests and also the endangered ecosystems in the ACT. All proceeds will go to the Conservation Council.

Just a reminder that we will have a Special General Meeting and the Annual General Meeting next Thursday, 21 Nov 2024 from 6:30PM.

The meeting will be online.

The Ginninderra Falls Association (GFA) will hold its AGM from 6:30PM on 21 Nov 2024. This year we will do this online and I will send a link closer to the date (or you may see this later on our website). 

The 2023 AGM will be at Cook School on Thursday 19 October at 6pm.

It is in the Education room, at the end of the corridor, in the right-hand building (viewed from Templeton St carpark). 

We will have the presentation of reports, followed by the election, then a general discussion.

Like all associations, we are always looking to refresh our ideas with new committee members. If you want to participate or you have suggestions please come along and volunteer.

This year's AGM will be held at the Boardroom, Belconnen Bowling Club, Beetaloo St Hawker, at 5:30pm, Wednesday, 16 November 2022.

We will have the usual agenda: executive reports and the election of all office bearers followed by a general discussion on potential activities for the next year.

Like all associations, we are always looking to refresh our ideas with new committee members. If you want to participate or you have suggestions please come along and volunteer.

Just a quick reminder that the AGM is on this Wednesday night starting at 7:00PM. After these formalities we will have a general meeting to talk about the urbanisation along the Molonglo and Murrumbidgee rivers. This should be about 7:15PM.

To join this Zoom meeting use this link: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88617132009?pwd=U3hPNEhCMFFCbmVQVFA2WWhhVktZUT09

This year's AGM will be held on Wednesday 17 Nov at 7:00 pm via Zoom. Please advise if you wish to attend so that the Zoom details can be provided.

• If you wish to participate but do not have access to Zoom, please advise so an alternative arrangement can be made for you.

The agenda will include:

The Ginninderra Falls Association (GFA) has considerable concerns about the current investigation into the Western Edge of the ACT. This area extends from Denman Prospect and Kama Nature Reserve west along the lower Molonglo River to the junction with the Murrumbidgee. It then runs southwards between the suburbs of the Molonglo Valley and Weston Creek on the east and the Murrumbidgee River on the west. The area continues down to Tuggeranong at Kambah Pool Road. The narrow existing nature reserves along the river appear to be excluded from the investigation.

This newsletter comes with the sad news of the loss of two people who have provided assistance of different kinds over the years. Recently, on 30 Jan 2021, was the death of Jerry Olsen, a long-time researcher of the Little Eagle. His work was relevant to our concerns about the Ginninderry proposal to build housing adjacent to a large tree behind the Strathnairn Arts Centre which was used for nesting by a pair of Little Eagles.