FW: Gigerline Nature reserve

[Steve Read via Canberrabirds <>]

I don’t know the area well, but it seems that there are a few issues here that need separating.

First, the Lobbs Hole Track that Sue is describing appears unrelated to (and distant from) the ICON offset site.

Second, Sue’s previous access track appears to traverse leased land not public land. If that’s correct, the lessee would appear to be within their rights to restrict access, unfortunate though that is for birders. An entry route to the reserve from a different direction may be needed.

Clarification of the latter from someone familiar with the local lie-of-the-land would help.

Regards 

Steve

On Sun, 22 Jan 2023 at 4:18 pm, Martin Butterfield via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

A key point is that the address given by Portia in her email - 7759 Monaro Highway - was 2.5 km further down the Highway (which I have just checked on Google Earth) than the Lobbs Hole track and the address given by ICON is not visited by birders.  This needs urgent clarification.

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2023 at 16:09, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:

The confusing message from ICON Water was last November.  There was discussion about what it meant (sample below), but the message itself does not seem to be retained in the archive.

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Canberrabirds <> On Behalf Of
Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2023 3:05 PM
To: 'CanberraBirds email list' <>
Subject: [Canberrabirds] Gigerline Nature reserve

 

Hi All,

 

I'm telling you about my frustrating morning in hope of saving any other optimists from sharing it. The Gigerline Nature Reserve hotspot as we know it - walking down Lobbs Hole Track from the little substation (or whatever) on the Monaro Hwy near Williansdale, is now inaccessible. The gate across the creek that we used to climb through or around now has signs saying, in large new letters, "Private. Keep out. Area under video surveillance". Enough to deter me ☹.

I could find no easy way around.

 

I know there was chat about this last year sometime, but I convinced myself that it couldn't mean MY favourite go-to spot for Chestnut-rumped Heathwren and Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters.

 

This raises a few questions. One of them is what does that hotspot mean now? Looking at the maps, the nature reserve starts about halfway down the track, and the birds I want to see are actually in the reserve. So another question is how is it legal for lessees to effectively take over ownership of public land by making it inaccessible to us?? Shouldn't there be a right-of-way or something down Lobbs Hole Track at least? Just sounding off. Thanks for listening...

 

Yours in great frustration,

 

Sue Beatty

 

 

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