Interesting idea. Is there any evidence that it has had an impact on birdlife? Are there fewer birds there today than on Friday? Or how else would we measure
it? The very interesting talk to COG this month might suggest that big noise could have short term impact by disrupting communications. There is some research about various birds adapting to urban noise. One thing it brings to mind was I was at Jurong bird
park in Singapore watching the raptor display flight when several military planes passed over very low with an huge noise. I guess the birds are habituated but it I don’t know if any impact that had on the birds. The noise impacted on me. Noisy flocks of cockatoos
are pretty loud too. As ANBG does not charge entry, how much funds does that generate (presumably most through the car parking fees), that goes towards maintaining the gardens.
From: Martin Butterfield [
Sent: Sunday, 25 November, 2018 9:08 AM
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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Outdoor music concert at the Botanic Gardens
I didn't attend ANBG yesterday but from
this it seems to be entirely a commercial undertaking - and the style of music listed would suggest 'extremely loud' could be an understatement. It would look to be totally against the usual principles
of ANBG- unless they have been amended to include "do anything that raises a $".
On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 at 08:04, Richard Lane <> wrote:
On Saturday 24-November-2018 from 13:00 to 21:00, an outdoor music concert (Carl Cox, DJ) was held on the main lawns at the Botanic Gardens. The music was extremely loud. Does anyone know how these events are approved? How could this possibly
seen to be in keeping with the values of the gardens? How could it be seen as something that could only be held in the gardens? I fear for the impact that it had on the birdlife. ... Richard
