Anakie Action Group

VCAT has released its decision about the Anakie quarry permit application.
In essence, VCAT finds that the proposal “is an appropriate one and one for which permission should be granted, subject to conditions.”
A copy of the VCAT decision is available on the website. www.anakieactiongroup.org
While this is an extremely disappointing decision, the campaign has resulted in additional operating restrictions on the quarry, which we will need to ensure are complied with.
We will have the decision and conditions reviewed by our lawyers and quarry expert and advise of any further response.
In the meantime we acknowledge the efforts of the Anakie and wider community for its extraordinary effort to prevent this permit from being granted. We thank everyone for their efforts and contribution to the campaign.
Kind regards
The Anakie Action Group

A short post to advise you all that we are now moving into the VCAT stage. Under VCAT we no longer need petition signatures, we want to take this opportunity to thank all those people that got behind The Anakie Action Group with petitions and objections to the City of Greater Geelong. Thank you again to everyone for your support. We will provide an update on our progress in VCAT as and when appropriate.

We may have won at council, but we still have to get through VCAT! Show your support by signing our petition.

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This has got to be one of our favourite sunsets from the 20 Years of Anakie a Photographic Series by Rod Philips

Just in case you hadn't heard, We won our first battle at council, You can read an account of the night on our homepage.

But its not over, our next hurdle is at VCAT, thanks to all your efforts, we'll have council by our side!

Home In a 4-3 vote, the councillors rejected the Council’s planning department recommendation that a huge basalt quarry be allowed on a 250-acre site at the feet of The Three Sisters hills in Anakie.

“I live in the area and the environment is a fragile one not to mention the need to keep the native vegetation to prevent loss of habitat to precious flora and fauna!”

A quote from our petition page by Cathy Powers

City Of Greater Geelong: Stop the proposed development of a 250-acre basalt quarry and blasting... "Hands Off Our Sisters!" The application by Aerolite Quarries Pty Ltd (Planning Application 528-14) is totally out of context in a quiet rural...

We love seeing our supporters images, keep them coming!

Did you see the Community Impact Series? You can check it out on YouTube!

Anakie Community Impact Series Take a look at the Community Impact Series These videos have been produced to give the Anakie community a voice, and to give us all a better understanding of...

Looking for something to do this weekend?! Why not come check out what Anakie has to offer and what we've been fighting for! There are plenty of wineries, take the kids to Fairy Park or even go for a walk and look for some of the beautiful wildlife!

Poem and Painting: Anarchy in Anakie
By Jenny Phillips – the Poet Lorikeet

Oh there’s anarchy in Anakie Word has got around
That a quarry application Will scar its sacred ground
They plan to blast and plunder To create a massive hole 40-million tonnes of basalt Don’t they have a soul?

Have you ever stopped and gazed
At nature all around?
Ever watched the moving clouds?
On the Sisters, colours changing with no sound

Daily weather patterns Create a huge display
Now they want to change it Cart it all away
Morning birds awakening
Farmers ploughing in the fields Serenity and calmness – our Anakie

This is what we feel
Wildlife roaming freely
For all to share and view
Anakie does not need another quarry This depends on me and you!

© Poet Lorikeet 2014

Did everyone see the article in the Addy today? "Council knocks back Aerolite’s basalt quarry plan for Anakie" Check it out here or online if you missed it!