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First Sponsor for the Great Kai'mia Way
Inghams donate $5000 to help impliment the project. |
Nationally recognised poultry company Ingham's Enterprises Pty. Ltd. have kindly donated five thousand dollars to help impliment the project.
Director John Hexton said that Inghams have a history of supporting many charities and causes and that they were proud to be assosiated with such a visionary community based venture as the Great Kai'mia Way. |
The Liverpool based company wanted to contribute to helping the project achieve its potential for improved recreation facilities, improved health and quality of life and improved awareness of the river foreshore environments and the wildlife they support.
The money will be allocated to initiatives in the upper reaches of the Georges River around Appin. Inghams will receive recognition for thier contribution in the form of publicity on this website and on future brocures and waymarkers. |
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We are greatful for the efforts of Robert Symington (Planning Consultant) and Norman Jew (Wollondilly Shire Councillor and "champion" of the Great Kai'mia Way Interim Board member), in liaising with Inghams to negotiate the donation.
Link: Inghams website |
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Thanks Robert
Corporate funding investigation finishes |
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Robert Symington recently completed a four month contract in which he established links with more than 100 companies and philanthropic institutions active in the Georges River catchment - many of them household names, to lobby them for donations and sponsorship for the project. Robert has since taken up a position with a planning consultancy in the city and we wish him well for the future. |
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Restoring Place
Bush regeneration and track improvments in Burnum Burnum Sanctuary |
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Known as "Restoring Place", a pilot scheme to demonstrate how the Great Kai'mia Way vision might become a reality, has been underway since August in Burnum Burnum Sanctuary located between the suburbs of Jannali and Bonnet Bay.
With the help of a Natural Heritage Trust Envirofund grant and in-kind support of Sutherland Shire Council's Bushcare Unit, bush regeneration to the steep creek lines has been carried out, eroded tracks closed off, and the main walking track, approximately 800m from Tudor Road down to the river, improved with new stone steps.
The stonework (see photo) has been carried out by the participants on a Community Development Employment Project (CDEP), based at the Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council. |
| Team members gain experience and training towards thier Community Park Ranger Certificate II qualification. |
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Porcupine Track
Local residents of the Ridge in Helensburgh, led by secretary Janine Lundie have formed the Porcupine Track Action Group to help with their year long campaign to keep open and improve an historic section of the Great Kai'mia Way which is owned by the State Rail Authority.
In September Janine and GKW Project Coordinator Nick Benson met with Minister of Transport The Honourable Michael Costa MP to see if he could intervene. Mr Costa is due to pay a visit to the track and the surrounding bushland which is home to Lyrebirds as well as 2 species of owl which are listed as threatened. Ideally the land would be transferred to National Parks management (Dept. of Environment and Conservation), as it borders the Garrawarra State Conservation Area. Click here to see map. |
World Environment Day on Great Kai'mia Way
Sunday 6th June |
The day dawned clear and crisp. There was a general stamping of feet and rubbing of hands to ward off the cold as a group prepared for an expidition along the Como-Jannali-Woronora section of the Great Kai'mai Way.
Gathered together by Nick Benson, project co-ordinator of the Great Kai'mia Way, the group assembled to acknowledge World Environment Day, to discover-and-celebrate local, often overlooked wonders of Sutherland Shire's urban bushland environment. The aim of the walk was also raise awareness of the Great Kai'mia Way, a vision for sustainable trails network though the diverse bushland and urban landscape of the Georges and Woronora River catchments.
Ranging in age from 2 to 80, a group of 49 assembled at Como Marina and crawled, trudged and ran (depending on age and energy) along a winding route though Paruna Reserve, Jannali Reserve (Sooned to be renamed Burnum Burnum Sanctuary), Bonnet Bay to Woronora.
“The kids are having a ball. It just goes to show the universal appeal of nature, and the potential for The Great Kai'mia Way Project as it starts to blossom” - Bob Walshe (aged 80 – senior walker) |
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