A public meeting is being held tonight at 7pm at the Rosny Bowls Club on Hobart’s eastern shore.

The meeting follows a petition asking Clarence Council to organize the meeting to discuss a major tourism
development proposed for Rosny Hill Nature Recreation Reserve – two – 200 seat restaurants, 200 seat
function centre and 102 accommodation units all capable of placing 900 people on the small reserve at any
one time.

Concerns to be discussed include:

. The 50 year leasing of precious crown land for the development, a sale and privatization by any other
name, which would set a precedent for developing and privatizing other crown land reserves throughout
Tasmania;

. A huge increase in traffic on narrow suburban streets affecting residential amenity, and the flow on effects of
congestion to other areas such as Eastlands Shopping Centre and the Tasman Bridge;

. The lack of proper consultation by Clarence Council with its community;

. The trashing of swathes of precious endangered plants in the footprint of the development.
Currently the reserve is designated as a Nature Recreation Area under the Nature Conservation Act. A
Nature Recreation Area is declared by the State Government because it is ’(a) predominantly in a natural
state; or (b) containing sensitive natural sites of significance for recreation.’ The objectives of Nature
Recreation Areas are defined by Schedule 1 of the National Parks and Reserves Act 2002.

The proposed huge development is unlikely to be consistent with the management objectives for the Nature
Recreation Area.

Rosny Hill is an important site for biodiversity and much vegetation would be cleared by the developer. It is
presently valued and enjoyed by the community as a place to go and walk and relax and this would be
impacted by large numbers of tourists and huge increases in traffic.”

Nature Recreation Areas can include tourism, but only when consistent with conserving the area’s natural
and cultural values. The community has been looking after this place for generations, and our concerns are
also for future generations. It is places like Rosny Hill with for example its endangered flora species that
make Tasmania so unique.

Several motions will be placed to the meeting.
Peter Edwards, Convenor