Anglesea Coast Action (ACA ) has joined forces with other coastal volunteer groups, students, a local business and local land managers to protect threatened Coastal Moonah Woodlands. ACA secretary Carl Rayner said the work, which is focused on the sand dunes at Main Beach Anglesea, was necessary protect nearby Moonah Woodlands from the devastating impact [...]
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Protein Science Conference Gets Behind Foreshore Rehabilitation
Posted in Climate change, Coastal biodiversity, GORCC, Managing the coast, Uncategorized, Volunteers, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged beach, Climate change, coast, committee of management, community, conservation, education, environmental weeds, Erskine River, funding, GORCC, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, indigenous plants, Junior Landcare Victorian Youth Environment Conference, Lorne, Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function, native vegetation, projects, protecting the coast, revegetation, volunteers, weeds on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
North Lorne is returned to its former glory thanks to Protein Society support. The mouth of the Erskine River on the Lorne Foreshore has been revitalized by the Great Ocean Road Coast Committee (GORCC) thanks to financial support received from the annual Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function. The conference runs over five days [...]
Infamous coastal controversies of the past five years
Posted in GORCC, Uncategorized, tagged Anglesea, camping, caravan parks, CEO, Chief Executive Officer, coast, controversy, Crown land, Fishermans Beach, funding, GORCC, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, Jan Juc, Lorne, parking meters, revenue, swimming pool, Torquay, Torquay Foreshore Caravan Park on April 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It will probably come as no surprise when I say that our work is not all plain sailing. GORCC has weathered plenty of controversial issues over the past five years. While these have been challenging at the time, they have all inevitably led us towards learning some very valuable and salient lessons. Our most infamous controversies include: ‘Parking Gate’, ‘Pool Gate’, ‘Bunker Gate’, ‘Memorial Gate’, ‘Camper Gate’, ‘Cut/gap Gate’, ‘Stairs Gate’, ‘Toilet Gate’, ‘Slaugherhouse’, and ‘The Pong Su’.
Change one of life’s constants
Posted in GORCC, tagged caravan parks, CEO, change, Chief Executive Officer, coast, collaboration, committee of management, communication and engagement, Environment and Land Management Plan, Fishermans Beach, funding, Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, leadership, protecting the coast, Surf Coast Walk, Torquay Foreshore Caravan Park, volunteers on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The wise person who once said, “the only thing that stays the same is change”, hit the nail squarely on the head. Life is all about change, and change has certainly been in the wind at GORCC since we announced the resignation of our Chair Peter Anderson along with my decision to finish up in June 2010 as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
After serving voluntarily on the committee since its formation in 2004 – the past three years as voluntary Chair – Peter’s leadership and invaluable contribution to the coast, its ongoing management and care will be sorely missed. Fortunately John Carlile has agreed to step into the role of Acting Chair until the new committee comes on board later this year. All of GORCC’s important work continues as usual.
My own decision to resign as CEO was made after much soul-searching. I will look back on my time with GORCC with considerable pride and happiness. Whilst there have been plenty of challenges, I consider the achievements to be significant.
GORCC is well positioned to achieve the key goals of significantly upgraded caravan parks that provide sustainable funding to enable ongoing protection of the coast and upgrades to its facilities and infrastructure.
While it will be business as usual during my last two months as GORCC’s CEO, change is in the wind. I am excited about the changes ahead in my own life and confident the committee and new CEO will continue to lead GORCC effectively for the benefit of the coast and community.
Crown Land Caravan Parks – Funding coastal management in Victoria for more than 100 years
Posted in Managing the coast, tagged camping, caravan parks, coast, committee of management, Crown land, funding, Great Ocean Road, holidays, protecting the coast, recreation, revenue, tourism, Victorian Coastal Strategy, volunteers on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For more than 100 years, caravan parks and camping grounds on coastal Crown land have provided affordable recreational opportunities for millions of people to visit and enjoy the coast each year. They have also provided the majority of funding for voluntary, not-for-profit committees of management who work to look after look after Crown land foreshore reserves and the coast itself.
