Bungabbee State Forest is a small state forest between Casino and Lismore in northern NSW. Prior to these recent events from a recreational perspective, it was used by 4WD groups, trail and mountain bike riders, bushwalkers and campers. It was formerly also a working hardwood forest managed by the NSW Forestry Corporation. Small parts of the forest were flagged for logging as recently as late 2020 but these plans were blocked by conservationists. Location of Bungabbee State Forest So this was a productive forest being well managed for the benefit of the whole community. Like many forests, a place of work and recreation. The forest is being handed over to the Wijdabal Native Title Body Corporate as part of a native title settlement (ILUA) negotiated by the previous state Liberal government. After the legal formalities are completed, likely early next year, it will become the private property of that group. There will be no community benefit and a loss of a community recreatio...
Our mountains belong to all of us. The Right to Climb them and bask in their views that inspire awe and wonder is as old as the human genome. This long-established cultural tradition is under threat by a small group of bureaucrats determined to impose their way on the rest of the world. It is right to Climb because we have the Right to climb. If you don’t exercise your rights you lose them. Don't let petty nanny state bureaucrats take them away.