Mudgee District Environment Group
A previous mine approval condition required progressive expert review of underground mining impacts on this highly sensitive area. This condition has been drastically altered, and now delays reporting until after the extraction of coal from four critically located longwalls. This extraction comes within 200 metres of the bed of the […]
Many of us are breathing a sigh of relief as restrictions cautiously ease across Australia to allow for somewhat greater social interaction and economic activity. Our governments are changing laws and legal processes almost at a daily pace. Fortunately, Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) lawyers have been watching as State and Territory governments have […]
What a busy, positive year has been concluded for Mudgee District Environment Group (MDEG). The group has been highlighting global issues by working locally since 1989. Its latest AGM was held on Sunday 29th March using the on-line format GoToMeeting. Chairperson Phyllis Setchell presented a report which included a detailed […]
Dorothea Mackellar loved this country and shared her love in the iconic poem ‘My Country’…’A Stark white ring-barked forest, All tragic to the moon, The sapphire-misted mountains, The hot gold hush of noon.’ This challenging land and its many faces is beloved by us all. But how does that love […]
Aussies like to kick back with a book and a cold drink on a summer afternoon. But what to turn to? Here are two relevant, home-grown, award-winning books that will inform, challenge and engage you. First is Bill Gammage’s ‘The Biggest Estate on Earth, How Aborigines made Australia’. This book […]
Send a clear message to NSW Planning of the wide spread community concern and Australia-wide support that The Drip gorge and Goulburn River needs real protection – not just empty words and inadequate conditions…… Lodge a short submission using your own words, thoughts or impressions Date due in: Sunday 20th […]
MDEG/Save the Drip is pleased to announce an exciting event “Sing Up The Power”. Come along for a great weekend and support a good cause. Saturday 25th August 2pm until late featuring Luke O’Shea, 9 times Golden Guitar winner, & Witches Leap Irish Australian Noir plus other talented acts. Sunday […]
Thank you Mudgee! – raffle winners announced Mudgee District Environment Group’s (MDEG) AGM was held on Saturday 12th May. The morning started out very cold but we were all snug inside Colin and Julie Imrie’s beautiful mud brick and strawbale house on the banks of the Goulburn River near The […]
Join us at 11.00 am Saturday 12th May for our AGM and Pizza Party at Gleniston (the homestead of the Goulburn River Stone Cottages) . For details on location and time please go to the calendar entry Take the opportunity to visit The Drip in the morning. Arrive at the homestead […]
One of the visitors to the Rylstone Show was very interested to hear about the Drip. Consequently she chose to explore The Drip the next day. Inspired by the natural beauty she saw there and concerned about the threats to this amazing place she chose to take Action. When MDEG […]