We are calling on the Eurobodalla Shire Council to live up to their environmental commitments and protect this habitat.

A beautiful old forest of hollow bearing trees, creeks and fern gullies is no place for a housing subdivision. We want a modern approach to the housing crisis that avoids mass clearing of native vegetation.

The land is widely used by the community for recreation and wellbeing such as dog walking, mountain bike riding, wildlife and bird watching. We are lobbying to stop the development, protect this habitat and have the land rezoned as community land. 

This land is home to threatened species that need protecting;              

•  an ecologist has confirmed the presence of yellow-bellied gliders. The Eurobodalla Shire Council made a commitment to protect yellow-bellied gliders habitat in 2006 which has not been fulfilled.   
• Endangered Glossy Black Cockatoos frequent the area to feed on the allocasuarina, habitat loss is on the rise and directly correlated with their survival.
• Gang Gang cockatoo numbers are declining rapidly post bushfires due to reduced nesting habitat available to the birds
• The Eurobodalla Koala Re-Wilding Project has confirmed that this site contains koala feed trees and would be important to the project, being adjacent to the Bodalla State Forest.

Lot 2 DP1151341 was zoned as residential over 30 years ago. Community attitudes to land clearing and preserving nature have changed since then. Our Council has a requirement to meaningfully consult with the community under the EP&A Act in an inclusive, open and genuine way

There are 2 adjoining parcels of land owned by developers Lot 54 DP 735157  &  Lot 3 DP 1050594 totalling over 70 hectares. This land is also pristine native bush and will be cleared to make way for housing.

"The Eurobodalla land sale was one project that should not go ahead" NSW Planning Minister, Rob Stokes told the Sydney Morning Herald. "At a time when the government is giving out millions for councils to invest in public spaces, it seems tone deaf for a council to be selling pristine coastal bushland."

We are a small seaside village of less than 2,000 people and believe that we deserve to have our say on mass development and clearing of our much loved bushland. 

HELP US PROTECT VITAL HABITAT AND RECLAIM COMMUNITY LAND!

For further information and discussion visit our website dalmenymatters.org or join our movement on Facebook and Instagram - Dalmeny Matters 

We thank Manyana Matters for their advice and guidance as they are fighting their own battle to protect unburnt native bushland from development. Our communities are stronger together!