Hippie Scuba Steve · @HippieScubaSteve
1200 followers · 9699 posts · Server mindly.social
BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
144 followers · 614 posts · Server mastodon.au

Many now flock to natural places for the best selfie background.

"Trampling plants, damaging rock art, risking your life: taking selfies in nature has a cost."

"Someone goes swimming, puts it on social media and suddenly there’s 100 people a day coming to go wild swimming where the platypus and the glow-worms live. And in a wet year, suddenly all the vegetation around the rock pool is trampled, it turns into a muddy mess."

theconversation.com/trampling-

#gumbaynggirr #bellingen #promisedland #neverneverriver #tourism #locals #selfie #nature #nogeotags #travel

Last updated 1 year ago

BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
103 followers · 533 posts · Server mastodon.au

Redesigning roads and intersections to put humans first – The Bellingen case

Bellingen just 'upgraded' Gleniffer Road (The $5.2M “gate way to the Promised Land”) and NorthBankRoad. Both put fossil fuel vehicles first and forgot emission free mobility for people.
But cyclists and foot traffic deserve the same direct routes that motorists have. Elsewhere they rethink transport planning to promote safer cycling and walking options. Another missed opportunity to put Bellingen on the map for pollution free country cruising.

abc.net.au/news/2023-07-29/pus

#bellingen #promisedland #traffic #glenifferroad #waterfallway #northbankroad #roads #roadupgrades #fossilfuel #infrastructure #tourism #network #so50s #cars #addiction #ebikes #cycling #cyclepaths #climate

Last updated 1 year ago

Light for the Last Days · @LftLD
7 followers · 63 posts · Server masto.ai

Israel is back in the Promised Land – So, what’s next?

For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. ...Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God. Ezekiel 36.24-28

lightforthelastdays.co.uk/arti

#bibleprophecy #church #churchleadership #faith #israel #jesus #jesuschrist #messiah #promisedland #salvation #signsofthetimes

Last updated 1 year ago

BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
58 followers · 337 posts · Server mastodon.au

First life cycle assessment for as reveals significant impacts on the environment

"A dog weighing 15 kilograms produces some 8.2 tons of CO2 over the course of a 13-year lifespan. These 8.2 tons of CO2 are the equivalent of 13 return flights from Berlin to Barcelona and almost as much as the CO2 emitted in the production of a mid-class luxury car, such as a Mercedes C250"

“The 8.2 tons of CO2 produced over 13 years equate to an annual CO2 emission of 630 kilograms. If we place these 630 kilograms of CO2 in the context of the two tons per year indicated as environmentally acceptable for humans by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, then every dog owner can see that almost one third of their CO2 budget is already used up by their dog.”

“The ton of fecal matter and 2,000 liters of urine produced by a dog over a lifetime of 13 years further impact the environment.”
tu.berlin/en/about/profile/pre

“Environmental Impacts of a Pet Dog: An LCA Case Study”
mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/8/3394

bodies

#dogs #pets #climate #water #acidification #soil #ecotoxicity #food #meat #urine #excrements #freshwater #eutrophication #promisedland #bellingen #bellingendogs

Last updated 1 year ago

BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
57 followers · 317 posts · Server mastodon.au

More roads will bring more tourists.
Imagine being on the Waterfall Way Scenic in and you can not charge your electric vehicle.

“The 185 kilometre Waterfall Way scenic drive links Coffs harbour and Armidale, passing rainforest, river valleys and waterfalls, including New England and National Parks”.
visitnsw.com/destinations/nort

“Popular getaway towns reliant on are struggling to deal with a surge in visitors driving electric vehicles. Businesses rush to install electric vehicle charging to keep tourists coming back"Imagine showing up in a petrol car and you had to wait an hour and a half to fill up your car. You just wouldn't do it.”
abc.net.au/news/2023-04-26/bus

"Gleniffer Road provides access between Gleniffer and Bellingen as well as access to the popular of the and the . is also a key route to the Dorrigo Plateau when Waterfall Way is closed."
bellingen.nsw.gov.au/Services/

#fossilfuel #drive #bellingen #dorrigo #tourism #touristdestination #promisedland #neverneverriver #glenifferroad #detour #energy #roads #50sengineering #ev #access #waterfallway #scenicdrive #climate

Last updated 2 years ago

BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
57 followers · 279 posts · Server mastodon.au
BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
54 followers · 238 posts · Server mastodon.au

"Water samples taken on 13/03/23 at Arthur Keough Reserve and Lavenders Bridge showed “Poor” or “Bad” water quality. This means that at the time of sampling bacterial levels indicate a substantially increased risk of illness to bathers."
bellingen.nsw.gov.au/Community
hole

#bellingen #promisedland #water #swimming #nevernever #rrvers #pollution #dogs

Last updated 2 years ago

Marko Schairbaumo · @Lectionary
13 followers · 91 posts · Server deacon.social

First reading... Genesis 12:1-4a... God told to leave and go to a ... He offered ... Promised that he would Abram ...

#lectionary #abram #ur #promisedland #Blessing #bless #blessed

Last updated 2 years ago

BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
54 followers · 217 posts · Server mastodon.au

Roaming dogs at the sh*thole.

"The Never Never river in The Promised Land has been dubbed 'Australia's best kept secret.' But authorities are concerned overcrowding is turning it into a sh*thole.Testing of the waters found concerning levels of what was essentially faecal matter, with human and dog excrement the suspected source"
escape.com.au/destinations/aus

Responsible Pet Ownership - FAQs
olg.nsw.gov.au/public/dogs-cat
roaming

#bellingen #promisedland #swimming #dogs #neverneverriver #pollution #wildlife

Last updated 2 years ago

Gerald So · @sogerald
120 followers · 730 posts · Server masto.ai

apparently has all episodes except the 2-hour , closely based on 's fourth novel, , which introduced .

#tv #tubi #spenserforhire #pilot #robertbparker #promisedland #hawk

Last updated 2 years ago

BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
42 followers · 176 posts · Server mastodon.au
BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
43 followers · 170 posts · Server mastodon.au

Road closed between Roses Road North and Roses Road South intersections from 9 January 2023 - Late April 2023”
bellingen.nsw.gov.au/Services/

Road closure, increased , and vegetation (habitat) clearing for four month. Smashing a wider, straighter road through the forest will encourage increased , and . The stated rationale is to get more visitors to the “the popular tourist destination of the . ” The 'Scenic Drive' might loose some of that picturesque charm, but one can get faster to the loo.

The Promised Land hole near records faecal of
abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/pro

Shire alienated

#gleniffer #traffic #pollution #speeding #roadkill #promisedland #nevernever #swimming #bellingen #contamination #water #tourism #destination #branding #bellingenshire #overtourism #roads #ratpayers #cyclepaths #wildlife #heavymachinery #fossilfuel #climate #degrowth #biodiversity #habitat

Last updated 2 years ago

BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
29 followers · 115 posts · Server mastodon.au

The Promised Land hole near Bellingen records contamination of water. The , near on the NSW Mid North Coast, was so well loved recently that the local council advised swimmers to stay out of the that ran through it. There are no public toilets, no rubbish bins, and minimal parking. But that hasn't stopped thousands of people from visiting the scenic swimming spot. There is an increase in litter in the region and damage to some areas where people had parked inappropriately.
abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/pro
area Arthur Keogh Reserve destination holiday period human    enterococcus septic leak

#swimming #faecal #promisedland #bellingen #nevernever #river #revegetation #pollution #tourist #overtourism #dog #excrement #bacteria #conservation #wildlife

Last updated 2 years ago

DIN-News · @din_news
17 followers · 7683 posts · Server social.beachcom.org