Environment
The real Tasmanian community …
Lester Barker
The Tasman Peninsula is an example of another real Tasmanian community. Here you won’t see the hand of large corporations like McDonalds or Woolworths. This is a real timber community. Thanks to the RFA, logging has accellerated in the last 10 years to the point where timber harvesting is now highly visible. We are out and proud so to speak (I can’t quite remember who coined that phrase but I know a lot of blokes in the industry are using it) and Minister Wriedt, unlike her green counterparts, is not ashamed of this and has moved to repossess the Three Capes Bushwalk from local greenies and capitalise on the appeal of this multiple use forest. Visitors will now come away from the fortescue bay area having had the unique experience of seeing an authentic Tasmanian clearfell (Australias biggest), some of Australias highest sea-cliffs and the foraging Tasmanian Wedge-tailed eagle.
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