Save the ‘Elephant’
The Mangrove Mountain Community is seeking support to keep their new amenities as is. According to Kulnura resident, Clara Jones, the hall recently had a new kitchen installed and as…
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Mangrove Mountain residents to develop bushfire policy specific to the area
Residents in the Mangrove Mountain District are setting up a special group to arrive at a bushfire policy specific to the area, in the wake of devastating bushfires in December,…
Mangrove Mountain Country Fair has something for everyone
The Mangrove Mountain and Districts Country Fair will return to the mountain on October 19, 2019. An annual celebration of what makes the Mountain District a great place to live,…
Council has commenced proceedings against the EPA & Verde Terra
In the latest development on the issue of the controversial landfill at Mangrove Mountain, Central Coast Council has commenced proceedings in the Land and Environment Court (LEC) against both the…
Diamond python found in glovebox
Whilst December is the time for Christmas get togethers, one Mangrove Mountain one resident had an uninvited Christmas guest. Ryan Howard, the organiser of community event, Blues on the Mountain,…
Landfill leachate holding-sediment ponds built outside licensed area
A leachate holding pond and three sediment ponds were located outside the licensed area of the Mangrove Mountain Landfill, according to the Mountain Districts Association (MDA). MDA spokesperson, Stephen Goodwin,…
Mangrove Mountain letter shows community concern since 2012
[Forum] It has come to my attention that the dump at Central Mangrove has a lot of skeletons and misunderstanding in its history. The folk on the Mountain were genuinely…
Proposed Plateau Harvest Trail to help farmers
A $26,500 Stronger Communities Grant will assist with the development of a permanent Central Coast Plateau Harvest Trail, according to Ms Lorraine Wilson, Chair of the Central Coast Plateau Chamber…
Mangrove Mountain and Spencer advisory committee holds first meeting
The Mangrove Mountain and Spencer advisory committee held its inaugural meeting at the Mangrove Mountain Hall on Tuesday, January 30, to bed down issues such as its terms of reference…
Government rejects call for Commission of Inquiry into the Mangrove Mountain Landfill
The NSW Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage, Ms Penny Sharpe, has committed to holding a Commission of Inquiry into the Mangrove Mountain Landfill if a Labor Government was elected…
Country Fair has something for everyone
The annual Mangrove Mountain and Districts Country Fair will be on from 10am to 4pm, on October 21, at the corner of Wisemans Ferry Rd and Waratah Rd, Mangrove Mountain….
Support sought to save our water supply from being contaminated
On behalf of Mountain Districts Association and all those who have been fighting Council and the EPA to get Mangrove Mountain Landfill closed and thus prevent the Central Coast drinking…
New environmental facility proposed on Aboriginal Land Council land
Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council has lodged a Development Application to erect an environmental facility at Bell Rd, Mangrove Mountain. The site contains 11 important cultural sites, some of which…
Traffic survey reveals unacceptably high volume of trucks
The volume of haulage trucks using the Mountain Districts’ roads and intersections is unsustainable and roads could not cope with any traffic increase, according to a local truck traffic study….
Documents obtained under Freedom of Information reveal damning evidence of neglect
Documents obtained by the Mountain Districts Association from the NSW Office of Water, show the landfill at Mangrove Mountain has flouted legal requirements necessary to protect natural water resources, since…
Minister’s claims overlooked key facts
The Mountain Districts Association (MDA) has questioned the NSW minister for the environment’s interpretation of ground water test results and has been deeply disturbed by the way the NSW Government…
Liberals refuse to support call for independent inquiry
The Central Coast’s two NSW Government sitting members, member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch and parliamentary secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald have refused to support the Mountain…
Inquiry called for Coast water supply
The Mountain Districts Association has called on NSW premier, Mr Mike Baird to hold a Commission of Inquiry into the Mangrove Mountain Golf Course Remodelling and Landfill Project. Ms Claire…
Steve Hobday is a scholarship graduate
Steve Hobday, a local Mangrove Mountain student is one of 41 students who have graduated year 12 this year as a part of the Smith Family’s Indigenous Youth Leadership Project…
Lack of communications infrastructure a key issue in isolated areas
Federal Member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks MP took her listening post west of the M1 to hear from communities in Kulnura and Peats Ridge on Saturday, November 14 and…