Forest destruction protest, West Pennant Hills

Along with my involvement with the Tree Veneration Society I went to a small protest against logging.

It  was all very civilised. SBS was there filming. The protesters, about forty, were there with signs and chants. The police were there (one female officer) taking video with a device. I was there with a pink parrot helmet (see below).

Protesters are angry with the Minns Labor government in NSW. The govt promised to make some land a national park for koalas. This is up on the norther NSW coast. But it hasn't happened yet and meanwhile loggers are moving in. I'm not sure about all the details. You can probably find out more using the internet. Apparently there was on this day a parallel protest near Coffs Harbour.

Adrienne and Graham her husband helped me with the introductions. We walked down the park interior road to the forstery offices and hung around for an hour or so. It was sunny. My pink helmet was a bit hot. I couldn't wear my spectacles at the same time as the helmet.

I guess it took a few hours. I can't remember what I did when I got home, probably made some food, had coffee. 

It's hard to understand Minns. The premier has been promoting vertical development in Sydney in order to conserve viable forst in the periurban zone. That's fine. but koalas need large parks to survive. Maybe because the Labor Party is the political arm of the labour movement anything that gets in the way of jobs is hard to get past whoever it is who makes decisions in the govt.