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The Forever Chemicals in Your Water: What Platypuses Are Telling Us About PFAS

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The Forever Chemicals in Your Water: What Platypuses Are Telling Us About PFAS When Dr. Ian Wright’s research team started testing dead platypuses for PFAS contamination, the lab manager called immediately with an urgent question: “Where the hell is this from?” That moment marked the beginning of a detective story that would reveal uncomfortable truths […]

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Frensham Controversial Bush Cabins

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Blog Frensham Controversial Bush Cabins Case in Land and Environment Court relisted for March 2022 Artist : Harold Cazneaux (New Zealand; Australia, b.1878, d.1953) How do we talk about Frensham? Watching Frensham School for girls tear itself apart over the controversial bush cabin development application involving destruction of 249 trees, platypus inhabited creek banks and

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WinZero Mugs

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Blog Handcrafted WinZero Mugs WinZero is excited to announce that they will be releasing their very own mug this year! Sandy Lockwood from Balmoral Pottery, has created an original range of one-of-a-kind, hand made WinZero mugs and latte cups which will be available to purchase at the Balmoral Pottery open weekend. WinZero volunteers will

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Colin Todd’s Story

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Colin Todd’s Story For the last 40 years I have been living in Balmoral Village on a 5-acre bush block where my wife and I have a pottery studio. Nurturing and maintaining our small block of land has taught us both a lot about the importance of preserving our natural environment. We have discovered over

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Earl St Development

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6 April 2022 – Independent Planning Panel. Agenda Minutes THAT the Wingecarribee Local Planning Panel determines development application 21/2058 for subdivision of land and carrying out of works to create three lots, and carrying out of works for the purpose of private roads, at Lot 5 DP867717, Earl Street, Bowral by REFUSAL of consent

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ReGreening of the Wingecarribee River

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By Lyndal Breen The more or less accidental building of the Buradoo to Berrima walking track opened up a substantial access along the river which has allowed both bush regeneration and also historical rediscoveries along the riverside. Some history was close to being lost – my father, a keen local historian wrote in the 1980s

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Earth Hour 2021 Round-up

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Thank you to all the people who came along to Earth Hour at the Southern Highlands Botanical Gardens and were amongst the first people in Australia to see the BYD Han EV at the WinZero Stand. The BYD HAN which will be imported from China next year by Nexport which is part of the TrueGreen

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Earth Hour 2021

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Are you thinking of switching your ride? Come along to Earth Hour at the Southern Highlands Botanical Gardens and be one of the first people in Australia to see the BYD Han EV, and its’ little Sister T3 Light Commercial Van, both on show at the WinZero stand.

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Solar my School Launches in Southern Highlands

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Solar my School Launches in Southern Highlands Marnee Harlor and Cecilia Kemp (Wingecarribee Shire Council), Carisa Wells (RDASI) , Jodie Savage (SmS), Camilla Staff (RDASI), Anthony Weinberg and Nicola Saltman (SmS) Regional Development Australia Southern Inland (RDASI) has partnered with Solar my School (SmS) and Wingecarribee Shire Council to facilitate the installation of solar on

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WinZero November Roundup

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WinZero November Roundup Creating Awareness PechaKucha 2020 Congratulations to all the speakers at PechaKucha 2020 event at The Farm Club in Werai. Especially our WinZero heroes Kirstine, Rob and Ian Hasslacher. More members signed up as a result! Kirstine Lumb-McKay spoke about your self-sustainable Life at Greenlaw Rob Skinner – Landscape Regeneration – A way out of

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