The 30-to-40-metre high trees have been cut down at the historical camping area on the north west side of the lake in the State Forest, off Tarourga Rd. It doesn't make sense. Not only are these perfectly healthy trees, they haven't even taken the wood, just left it where it all where it fell on the ground.

Forestry Corp had plans to log this area last year, but harvest plans lodged in their portal https://planportal.fcnsw.net/.showed an exclusion zone of 100 metres, right next to the lake. Since then the harvest plan has been withdrawn from the forestry portal so I can't imagine this is the work of Forestry Corp.

It's such a pity to lose trees in a special place like this. Eighty per cent of the Eurobodalla Shire was burnt in the recent bush fires according to the council. Cutting trees down here in an unburnt healthy area surrounded by National Parks seems so wrong.

There's a couple ways we could protect this forest including its addition to neighbouring Eurobodalla National Park or the creation a State Forest Flora Reserve. The area's a perfect candidate for protection. It is part surrounded by Eurobodalla National Park to the north-east, east and south-east, and it forms part of the Batemans Marine Park.

Lake Brou was classified as a Significant Coastal Lake in 2002 by the NSW Healthy Rivers Commission. As a State Forest Flora Reserve you'd still be able to take your dog and camp here, it wouldn't change the recreational opportunities and the bush will be able to come back. Eco-tourism is a sustainable business and there's potential right here. Visitors could drive through protected rather than logged forest to a lovely picnic spot. Coastwatchers would love to hear from locals interested in helping protect and advocate for the area. Email contact@coastwatchers.org.au.

We shouldn't be too surprised to learn of the shenanigans behind the sport and arts grant rorts at both state and federal levels but can we now please have some focus on what councillors should now do with the proposed development of Mackay Park?

Even though the purchase of the old bowling club remains also clouded by "politics" and other non-altruistic influences, it is a reality - the site is now a community owned asset which the shire won't be able to give back. The grants on the other hand aren't necessarily so secure - they haven't been spent and could easily be handed back pending some proper community engagement to determine what should happen in the Mackay Park area.

Hopefully, this engagement of the community will lead to the realisation of the aims of so many good people advocating over decades for a warm water pool and for decent arts and performance facilities in the most populous town in the shire.

The most affordable approach would appear to be the re-adoption of the concept of the "gateway development" promised back in 2016 which was to be in two distinct buildings - one for the aquatic and sporting amenities where the current Olympic pool is now and the other, on the old bowlo site, for the arts/cultural/community facilities. These could be built with new grant funding to support progressive and affordable stages of construction of what the community wants and needs.

Give back the existing tainted grant funding pledges, councillors, and start the whole project again, this time engaging the community and keeping its best interests in mind.

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