Residents get together

Concerned residents met 

It has been asserted and corroborated that:

• When the bulldozers were clearing land in January 2009 toxic printing chemical may have entered the soil
• The dam on the western side of the property has been filled with black sludge leaked from the toxins and poisons that had been pushed into the ground. A man sprinkled white powder over the dam on a daily basis over a week until the black sludge appearance had gone.

Some concerns of late:

1. Logged trees may have been taken from the covenant area: the large ones may have been leaving the property on trucks in the last week
2. It is possible that timber from the covenant area has been dumped in a pit and a truck with rocks on came into the property and dumped the rocks on the trees in the pits
3. Debris from the destruction of the cocos palms has been mulched with seeds and dumped in the bush on a piccabeen palm grove.  
4. On Friday 16 September cord was tied from tree to tree in a pattern roughly corresponding to the covenant area, and "No go area" signs were erected. Well after the machines had completely dug up slopes upto 80 m into the covenant area boundary. I wonder if surveys determined the area mapped on the approved plans  and if it complies with Sustainable Planning Act requirements.
5. Erosion control fencing has been erected now, but no erosion control was put up in the area approaching the steep piccabeen grove, where a large rainforest tree has been removed and rubbish from weeds has been dumped in the gully.
6. Issues of asbestos in the earth have been raised by locals
7. Horticulturalist confirm that there is more weed now and endangered species of vegetation have been removed 
8. Road cuttings require further investigation to ensure that properties are stable and protected.

The residents have agreed to meet regularly and pursue this matter to a satisfactory conclusion.

Some residents also concurred that the previous owner had told them that there are Aboriginal Caves on the property. This is unconfirmed. I do not believe that these are known or registered, so it is reasonable to expect that the developer or authorities were not aware, if they do exist.