Bundarrah Days

"Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone........."

ALL those who love the Bogong High Plains and the surrounding region had better get up there and say their goodbyes.

A new $230 million power plant is to be built on The Bogongs involving a tunnel under Pretty Valley. Rock and other waste materials from the project will be used in the reconstruction of The Bogong High Plains Road.

The project is being undertaken by AGL, Australian Gas Light. Meanwhile a new $500 million development on nearby Mt Hotham and the continued expansion of Falls Creek and Dinner Plain Village is continuing to destroy the remote area values of the Bogongs.

Where is the outrage from environmentalists? Haven't heard a word of protest from The Greens or the Victorian National Parks Association about this. Could it be that to their mind The Bogongs were saved for posterity when the Mountain Cattlemen were booted?

This power station isn't needed. It will only ever be on stream during peak periods.

It's been said before and history will agree that the High Plains were better off when Mountain Cattlemen and Aborigines were the only visitors.

This is tragic news and a disaster for the alpine environment. Is there no end to the hypocrisy of the Bracks Government and its green allies?

"Pave paradise, put up a parking lot ....With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot" at the nearest ski resort...a new power station and a series of signs telling us how fragile the alpine environment is.