Protecting the Coast -- we need a lead in Australia

Current Issue Bells beach Victoria

You can drive in your 4WD from the bottom of Australia to the top and not see a bit of large open landscape near the sea , Your kids will be bored silly though looking at all the trees.




The  British people fund the purchase of coastal properties for open tourist landscape use because they know that mere planning ( something they can do well ) is a lame duck when it comes to looking after public views ,
Their purchases for the National Estate grow tourism into those areas whereas sale and development destroys that opportunity for all time .

The Brits fund this sustainable move   because they are not stuck in the 70's thinking that the only good land use is a forest use ;  They are not stuck in the 70's thinking that the only good public park is covered with trees or a place where humans are by nature excluded ; where those vermin human beings must be excluded . They are not stuck in the 70's thinking that the only good is done by twisting the arm of governors and tax payers.

The cost is not as high as many claim as rural zonings can help drive this highly sound way to keep a view and  some grass rangeland animals( like hawks and falcons) and great recreation.

Australians have just got to get the idea that conservation is not just trees , Salt spray creates  low forms of vegetation and ecology that suits grazing animals and birds and these estates can be bought at very good prices for our children.


"If everyone who signed the petition to go to VCAT gave $10 you could nearly buy the land involved . PUrchase for trust is a more reliable long term effective process . A win a VCAT can only last till the next application. 
Free the issue from the hands of Council, its planners and VCAT.

WHY NOT crowd FUND ITs purchase for the National Trust ? That would be a real achievement not only for Bells but for Australia - a precedent we desperately need on this continent --already common around the British Coast"