Other Critters of Blackalls park - Ascot Street

Sugar Glider
Ring-tail Possum
Grey Headed Flying Fox
Common Bentwing Bat

Red Bellied Black Snake
Yellow Faced Whip Snake
Blue Tongue Lizard

Blue Triangle Butterfly

Dwarf Green Tree Frog
Green Tree Frog
Tylers Tree Frog
Perons Tree Frog
Striped Marsh Frog
Eastern Common Froglet


Thanks Rob H.

So WHere is Blackalls Park?

http://www.whereis.com/nsw/blackalls-park/john-st?id=86700C0182A3E5

Latest article from the Herald

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/gallery-for-mine-host/1553365.aspx

Wildlife list -birds- Ascot Street- Garden and bushbirds

King Parrot, Boobook Owl
Crested Hawk, Eastern Rosella
Tawny Frogmouth, Rainbow Lorikeet
Eastern Spinebill, Crimson Rosella
Lewin Honeyeater, Galah
Eastern Whipbird, Crested Pigeon
Silver Eye, Wood Duck
Superb Blue Wren, Magpie
Satin Bowerbird, Raven
Pied Currawong, Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird, Eastern Yellow Robin
Kookaburra, Noisy Miner
Pheasant Coucal, Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo
Common Koel, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Channel-billed cuckoo, Dollar Bird
Brown Goshawk, Rufous fantail
Grey Fantail, Noisy Friarbird
White-faced Heron, White-cheeked Honeyeater
Forest Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher
Brown Warbler, Masked Lapwing
Magpie-lark, Spotted Pardalote
White-bellied Sea Eagle, Welcome Swallow
Chestnut Teal, Brown Treecreeper
Willy Wagtail, Golden Whistler
Little Corella

Thanks to Rob H.

Check this out on you tube!!!

BAM sign painting day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7p8wCihORY

from the Sydney Morning Herald

http://business.smh.com.au/business/coal-group-to-reap-millions-from-budget-20090619-cr5e.html

Lake Maquarie Destruction secrets

These Photos were taken from Hawkmount Road (public domain) from Awaba to Dora Creek.
This is to be Centennial Coals new haulage road. WHY do they need a new haulage road????

AT RISK

BIRD LIFE OF BLACKALLS PARK - John Street

Here is a list of bird species that live in Blackalls Park. (work in progress)
This list is from observations made near John Street.




White-throated Tree-creeper
Grey Fantail
Eastern Rosella
Red Brow Finch
Superb Fairy Wren
Silver Eye
Bell Miner
New Holland Honeyeater

From the Newcastle Star

http://www.newcastlestar.com.au/news/local/news/general/mine-dust-could-impact-on-residents/1542101.aspx

News article From the Herald - check it out!!!

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/legal-action-planned-over-centennial-coal-mine-near-blackalls-park-and-awaba/1543696.aspx

WRITING TO YOUR LOCAL MP

For those who are in the Lake Mac Area, PLEASE write to your local MP about your concern about this open cut mining proposal. Here are the following Members of Parliament who have a stake in Lake Mac.

Mr Greg Piper
92 Victory Parade
Toronto NSW 2283
lakemacquarie@parliament.n

sw.gov.au

Mr Kerry Hickey
PO Box 242
Cessnock NSW 2325
kerry.hickey@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Ms Sonia Hornery
PO Box 324
Wallsend NSW 2287

Mr Robert Coombs
Shop 1
204-206 Pacific Highway
Swansea NSW 2281
swansease@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Mr Matthew Morris
PO Box135
Charlestown NSW 2290
charlestown@parliament.nsw.gov.au

BAM PUBLIC MEETING

BAM Public Meeting

Ban the Open Cut Auger Mine

Wednesday 17 June 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Toronto High School

Field Avenue Toronto

Community Feedback and Information meeting

All Welcome

www.bam.org.au Contacts: Paul on 4959 6906 and Pauline on 0421863351

NO Olstan Auger Mine Project - Petition signatures - GoPetition

NO Olstan Auger Mine Project - Petition signatures - GoPetition

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SIGNING AN ELECTRONIC PETITION

Please sign this petition!!!!!!!


http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/no-olstan-auger-mine-project/signatures-page1.html

Threatened Species

These two delightful plants Tetratheca juncea and grevillea parviflora subsp.parviflora (the white flower) are threatened species known in the area of where the mine is designated.

For more info check out the link.......

NSW Threatened Species

FROM THE STAR 13 May 2009

http://www.newcastlestar.com.au/news/local/news/general/blackalls-park-stands-up/1510832.aspx

BAM Next meeting.........

BAM's next public meeting.......

WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 2009
6.30-8.30
TORONTO HIGH SCHOOL
TORONTO

BAM's Sign making and Letter writing workshop

The sign painting and letter writing workshop on the June long weekend, held by BAM at Coal point was a great success!!

check out this article....

http://newcastleonhunter.com/2009/olstan-mine-opposed-on-two-fronts

From Website Newcastle on Hunter

The Auger mining equipment............

This the equipment, the auger miner machine that Centennial is proposing to use........Open Cut it looks like to me!!!!

wildlifing

Mick Todd
A West Lake local and a brilliant photographer.Some of his work is on this blog site. He is currently studying the Tasmanian Masked Owl.

Check his site out!!

http://www.wildlifing.smugmug.com