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Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW Newsletter – Nov 2020

The issue is available here.

It arrived just a little too late for Nov Burley Line. As you would expect, mainly maritime stuff, but I saw one item

  • Expired Marine Flare collection program 2020/21 – seems this has restarted. RFA offers a listing (click here for details). Unfortunately, this only provides dates for up near Sydney. People around here who have a need should contact the Roads and Maritime folk – try phoning 13 12 36.

More News of Snowy 2.0 Construction – Impact on Tantangara Road

Crews will establish a work site on Tantangara Road and Quarry Trail Road at Tantangara Reservoir. This will involve a partial closure of Tantangara Road, and reduced speed limit during site establishment and preparatory construction activities. Some traffic control will be in place to help manage access on Tantangara Road. Quarry Trail Road on the western side of Tantangara will remain closed until further notice.

Construction work is not expected to impact the Tantangara boat ramp.

For more information contact Future Generation Joint Venture on the Snowy 2.0 Community Information Line 1800 766 992 (1800Snowy2) or community@futuregenerationjv.com.au

More info below:

Petition to see KNP Feral Horse Management Plan Released

Unfortunately only open to NSW residents.

If you follow the link below you will find a petition regarding the release of a feral horse management plan for Kosciuszko National Park. Could you please fill it in and send the link to all your networks and encourage them to fill it in as well.

I understand KNP is currently managing under a decade old plan. Much work has been undertaken to develop a new plan but there has been a lack of transparency.

Please sign on: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/ePetition-details.aspx?q=bfc6WT+z2vtqZU9GrpxUGQ==

CAA 75th Anniversary Gathering

Bookings closed

75 years ago a gathering at the Kingston Hotel was called to determine interest in forming our 1great club. We are ‘re-enacting’ this event on Thu 15 Oct 2020 to celebrate 75 years of connecting anglers here in the region.

With COVID restrictions on numbers, the organisers are calling for registration. For those who have already received the invitation via email from Lyall, please register using the procedure described there. For those of you not in receipt of the email, you can register your interest using the form below – please wait for confirmation from the organisers before putting it into your calendar … as we said, spaces are constrained and not everyone will be able to attend.

Snowy 2.0 Work Notification – Geological investigations + ongoing underwater installation of communication cable at Talbingo – from 1 August 2020

Attached is a notification about geological investigations at Talbingo Reservoir and continuing work to install the underwater communication cable. The work will involve intermittent disruptions to the boat ramp at Talbingo Reservoir from 1 August to 31 October 2020.

Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach – Winter 2020 Report

Normally I’d keep this for the next Burley Line (there’s a lot of good stuff here), but there is one item promoting an online session tomorrow 30 Jul.

With contributions from over 100 Indigenous individuals and organisations, these Indigenous-led Guidelines support a step-change in learning, by both Indigenous peoples and their partners, about best practice ways of working with Indigenous knowledge to look after land and sea Country. Supported by NAILSMA and CSIRO, and funded by the Northern Australia Hub of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP), the Our Knowledge Our Way Guidelines are based on 23 case studies that illustrate the critical principle that Indigenous people must decide what is best practice when working with their knowledge.  The launch will be held online between 1-2pm on the 30th July.  It features a short film, followed by a Q&A session with indigenous co-authors and partners.  Register online here.

CAA’s Big AGM Raffle

Given the AGM is going ‘virtual’ with us meeting on-line via Zoom, the traditional raffle has also gone on-line.

If you haven’t already bought your ticket, best you hurry. Buy your tickets ‘contact-free’ by transferring your money to the Canberra Anglers’ Association bank account at BSB 032727, Account 240159. $10 per ticket. Be sure to include your name in the bank reference. Lucky winners will be announced at the AGM.

$300 of prizes suited to all styles of angling. They include a Snowbee fish smoker, a McLean Angling folding weigh net (kg and lbs) made in New Zealand and a SIMMS wading koozy.