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Mountain Scene
May 11, 2021
By GUY WILLIAMS
A group of residents behind a project to build a skateboarding ramp for younger children in Queenstown’s Shotover Country are on a final fundraising push.
The mini ramp project was instigated by Nick Hyne and George Carver about two years ago, and they’ve since been joined by a team of other locals to help push it along.
Group member Gavin Flynn says the group recently got approval from Queenstown council’s parks team to build the ramp in Richmond Park, right next to an existing pump bike track.
‘‘There are not a lot of community facilities in Shotover Country, and we think it’s a really good location,’’ Flynn says.
Is Migaloo back? Rock star white whale possibly spotted as watching season begins
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Migaloo, pictured swimming by Byron Bay in July 2016, is one of the world s most famous whales.
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A white whale has been spotted off the Victorian coast, sparking hopes the rock star humpback Migaloo has returned to Australian waters.
Migaloo is one of the thousands of humpback whales that migrate from the cold waters of the Antarctic to the warm waters of the Great Barrier Reef and back again each year.
They can usually be seen from May until November, but this year whales have been spotted in New South Wales and Victoria earlier than usual.
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Environmentalist, Lorraine Vass, moved to Wyrallah on the far north coast of NSW from Darwin over 20 years a go. Little did she know that her new home was also a corridor for koalas, she soon joined an organisation called Friends of the Koala.
Lorraine became President of the organisation in 2002 for 15 years, where she tirelessly fought - and is still fighting - to save koalas from extinction on the far north coast of NSW.
She has been recognised for her significant service to wildlife conservation, by being made a Member of the Order of Australia for this years Australia Day awards.