jonjenkins

You could always move mate! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: You see that photo in my post. thats my dad and me and my kids with a nice little flatty on a deserted beach called Black Rock on Fathers day. They want to ban us from fishing here! I don'y know if I could leave just yet. Don't get disheartened when the elections over, its just beginning! jon

Hi People Just a quick note to say good on ya for getting involved and a couple of quick notes. 1: Being honest in politics is hard, you don't want to offend anybody. However the way I put it is this: I will always try to supoprt whichever party is elected to Government. I will not bullshit to you on what I believe but I will stay true to myself and ask you ask yourslef what is important to you. For me they took away everything my family enjoyed (camping in thr bush, fishing and horseriding) and they want to do the same to you! 2: As far as trusting any of the major political parties go forget it! The ALP is so deep in with the Greens its not funny. But the Libs will do anything and I mean ANYTHING to get power. There are two types of Libs: the drys and the wets (like the Left and the Right of the ALP) The Wets represent the city based "doctors wives" who have desterted the Libs because they think voting for the Greens will save the Koalas! The Wets have tried for ages to do deals with the Greens! 3: Don't keep your opinins to yourself. Tell your wife, your brothers and sisters, mum and dads, workmates and friends just how important your recreation is to you and your family and why they should consider someone other than the major parties. Good luck Joe, if you were in my electorate I'd vote for ya Jon Jenkins

This is a heads up people. The Byron Marine Park was declared on Friday! I can summarise the effects on the reccy people: 1: If you have boat and fish between Brunswick and Ballina (thats Brunswick, Tyagrah, Byron, Lennox and Balllina) then sell you boat. Basically you have been banned. 2: About 50% of the beach areas between Brunswick and Ballina are off limits includingl almost all of Byron. Lennox is not to bad but Brunswick is basically history. All fishing is only for 100 metres from high tide mark. 3: About half of the estuaries are also off limits. A cynical politican would say that because there was almost no scientific basis for these closures this was a deal down done between the Greens and the ALP to get green preferences in the very fragile seat held by Larry Anthony that the ALP desperately need. But of course none of us would believe that ...... would we ...? Theres a mass meeting on August 29 in Byron, come along if you can. Whats next: 1: Port Stephens and Myall Lakes, probably in about a month 2: Manning Bioshelf (Nambucca -> south) 3: Far North Coast. Your resident Pollie :-) Jon Jenkins jon@trac.org.au