MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday August 19 2008
TAP Tasmanians Against the Pulpmill
Spectacular delivery of Get-Up Climate Change Torch.
Bob McMahon of Tasmanians Against the Pulpmill, will be delivering the Get-Up Climate Change Torch via a spectacular flying fox strung across the Cataract Gorge on Wednesday 20th at 1.00pm.
“The speed with which the Climate Change Torch is delivered across the Cataract Gorge symbolizes the speed with which climate change is occurring,” said Bob McMahon.
Powered purely by gravity, McMahon will hurtle across a high rope strung across the Gorge from the Zig-Zag Track side down to the   Tourist Path on the other side.
“Government, through its actions and policies, is the biggest   instigator of climate change in this country. In Tasmania, the   government could do a whole lot about reducing our impact on climate
and the most obvious is to radically reform how we manage our   forests”, said McMahon.
“Clearfell, chipping and burning is ripping the lungs out of the   earth. Before we can even begin to change the mentality of Forestry   Tasmania it is crucial we get rid of the old guard in that organization and replace them with enlightened foresters.”
Bob Gordon, the head of Forestry was a Lennon political appointment   and Lennon’s chief propagandist on the Pulp Mill Task Force. While   Gordon and the upper echelons of FT stay in place there is little hope   for a new start in forest management in Tasmania,” he concluded.
To view the flight of the Get-Up Torch, walk about 100 metres along   the Tourist Path from the Kings Bridge (Gorge Rd) end of the Cataract   Gorge.

Bob McMahon  Bob McMahon of Tasmanians Against the Pulpmill, will be delivering the Get-Up Climate Change Torch via a spectacular flying fox strung across the Cataract Gorge on Wednesday 20th at 1.00pm.

  “Government, through its actions and policies, is the biggest   instigator of climate change in this country. In Tasmania, the   government could do a whole lot about reducing our impact on climate and the most obvious is to radically reform how we manage our   forests”, said McMahon.  “Clearfell, chipping and burning is ripping the lungs out of the   earth. Before we can even begin to change the mentality of Forestry   Tasmania it is crucial we get rid of the old guard in that organization and replace them with enlightened foresters.”  Bob Gordon, the head of Forestry was a Lennon political appointment   and Lennon’s chief propagandist on the Pulp Mill Task Force. While   Gordon and the upper echelons of FT stay in place there is little hope   for a new start in forest management in Tasmania,” he concluded.