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      <title>Nancy Roussy [Signature #79]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13654260?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nancy Roussy, Ste-Florence, Quebec, Canada<p>The environment is much more important than tourism and money!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:06:33 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Paul Mcleod [Signature #78]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8731614?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr Paul Mcleod, melbourne]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:37:55 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #77]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7464958?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Yarraville<p>I love bushwalking through this area, please leave it as it - always a nice area to pretend I&#039;m away from the city with no crowds.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:39:22 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>ms tracey unsworth [Signature #76]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7454746?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ms tracey unsworth, monbulk<p>please don&#039;t ruin this beautiful place.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:15:29 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>miss kerryn super [Signature #75]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[miss kerryn super, mooroolbark<p>The site needs to stay so people can enjoy its beauty. There are a number of government buildings already in the area which are under utilised and energy can go into that to increase their use then damage natural beauty.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:28:43 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>MS Anonymous [Signature #74]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7447274?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Melbourne, VIC, Australia<p>Preserve Olinda!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:33:52 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #73]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7442726?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, melbourne<p>hands off hamer arboretum</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:22:44 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Nicolas Sampson [Signature #72]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7442287?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr Nicolas Sampson, Aspendale<p>Adventure Park ???  Are you serious????</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:52:25 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Anonymous [Signature #71]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7442253?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Melbourne, Australia<p>How could anyone with at least ONE brain cell consider such a move ....<br />
To think of destroying this beautiful place is beyond belief !</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:34:49 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>ms Marsha Reynolds [Signature #70]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ms Marsha Reynolds, Hurstbridge, Victoria, Australia<p>Mr Brumby please leave the Hamer Arboratum in Olinda as it is.<br />
We don&#039;t need a fun park in a natural peaceful area for people to trample to death and cause un-necessary stress to those who who want to live there.People go to Olinda &amp; the Dandenongs to relax and take time out.<br />
How would you like a theme  park on your door step.<br />
There is plenty land in the outer suburbs East and West to build a theme park. Why would you want to destroy a place of beauty. Please don&#039;t spoil the Spirit of Olinda.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:26:59 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Kye Garrett [Signature #69]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7433305?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr Kye Garrett, The Patch, VIC, Australia]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:02:19 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Michael Liles [Signature #68]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7432217?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr Michael Liles, Olinda, Victoria, Australia<p>I cannot think of a more inappropriate facility on this site!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:54:47 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Judy Brewer [Signature #67]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Judy Brewer, Mt. Evelyn, Vic, Australia<p>No</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:11:07 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Adrian Brewer [Signature #66]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Adrian Brewer, Mt. Evelyn, Vic, Australia<p>This is a natuarl area, leave commercial interests to the city</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:10:05 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr peter noblet [Signature #65]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr peter noblet, highett, vic<p>No fun parks in the arboretum</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:37:54 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Natalie Wells [Signature #64]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Natalie Wells, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia<p>Stop the commercial exploitation of these beautiful areas.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:16:27 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Kay Kennedy [Signature #63]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Kay Kennedy, Avonsleigh, Vic, Australia<p>The Hamer Arboretum is a treasured sanctuary to the local community. The proposed project ignores its history, purpose and current use.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:40:29 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Robert Padula, OAM [Signature #62]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Robert Padula, OAM, Mont Albert, VIC, Australia<p>As a frequent hiker in this area, I am appalled at the proposal to commercialize this beautiful Arboretum.  Perhaps the money could be better spent on securing resources to remove  weeds and noxious plants which are invading this beautiful forest? Will we see lines of visually intrusive tour buses at the Woolrich Lookout, disgorging camera-toting loud-voiced people and children merely intent on having &quot;fun&quot; , with little interest in the fauna and flora? They can do that at Luna Park!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:02:56 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Cara Dawn [Signature #61]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7414082?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ms Cara Dawn, Melbourne<p>This is a &#039;wonderspot&#039;. Leave it alone - or our kid&#039;s kids miss out.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:55:24 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Jessica Smith [Signature #60]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Jessica Smith, Coburg, Vic, Australia<p>Please don&#039;t turn a thing of natural beauty and peace into another tacky Disneyland. That&#039;s what the Gold Coast is for.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:47:42 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Joelle Bordon [Signature #59]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Joelle Bordon, Craigieburn, VIC<p>The many, many benefits for protecting this site are obvious.  Scientific proof for this fact exists.  What proof do we have that a theme park will give as many benefits, in the short term and long term?</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:30:02 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Daniel Jackson [Signature #58]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7412641?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr Daniel Jackson, Upwey, Vic, Australia<p>Let&#039;s not let money grabbing greed spoil our remaining natural wonders. You can&#039;t improve upon natural beauty!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:22:25 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Ivana Novakovic [Signature #57]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7412144?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Miss Ivana Novakovic, Melbourne, Australia]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:41:03 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Emma Timson [Signature #56]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Emma Timson, Upwey, Victoria<p>Please preserve this site and leave the Dandenong Ranges as they are</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:41:13 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>ms Emily blake [Signature #55]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ms Emily blake, healesville, victoria, Australia]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:22:58 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Tim Dickinson [Signature #54]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7410912?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr Tim Dickinson, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia<p>The long-term happiness granted by places such as this cannot be compared to any potential fiscal return. We&#039;re simply selling ourselves short if we think that we can improve upon what nature provides.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:03:41 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Tim Werner [Signature #53]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Tim Werner, Menzies Creek, Victoria, Australia<p>The beauty of the Dandenongs attract many visitors, but it must be noted that this area is appreciated to the highest degree as a home. This park does not capitalise on that sense of place, but rather removes it entirely.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:26:26 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. Thomas Fairman [Signature #52]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7408064?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Thomas Fairman, Kallista, Australia<p>Please leave this site as is.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:18:25 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>MrW Colin Barnes [Signature #51]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MrW Colin Barnes, Doncaster East, Vic, Australia<p>We need to preserve our natural and beautiful places for future generations by not degrading them with encroaching and unsuitable tourism development. People love these places for their bush like nature so close to the city and where they can escape to without the excesses of economy driven tourism. It is terrific the way it is.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:28:19 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Lisa Barnes [Signature #50]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Lisa Barnes, Doncaster East, Vic, Australia<p>I have been visiting the Arboretum and Dandenong Ranges National park for many, many years to enjoy the peace and quiet. A tourist park would be totally inappropriate for this site. Our parks are for enjoying nature with minimal man made changes. If people want a theme park they can go to Luna Park or to QLD!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:48:21 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>MS Amanda Kaye [Signature #49]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MS Amanda Kaye, Cape Schanck<p>This a beautiful piece of ground, with an amazing array of plants and animals. If people want fun and adventure they can go somewhere else. this is a place of quiet contemplation and simple enjoyment of the views.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:31:13 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Anonymous [Signature #48]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Melbourne<p>Dandenong Ranges is such a peacfull beautiful place.  A theme park would destroy that peacefullness and replace the tranquility of the area with noise and traffic.  It is a place where people go to escape the rat race.  People go to the Gold Coast for theme park not the Dandenongs</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:11:05 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Ewen Jarvis [Signature #47]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7399018?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr Ewen Jarvis, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<p>I don&#039;t understand how anyone could look at the Hamer Arboretum and think of putting a network of steel cables through it. The Parks Victoria proposal runs contrary to the spirit of the site. If the proposal goes ahead it will be a tragedy for Olinda and Victoria. This generation and future generations will lose an important place for quiet reflection and personal regeneration.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:36:53 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Suzanne Oakley [Signature #46]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Suzanne Oakley, Melbourne, Vic<p>We need to conserve the natural environment we have for future generations &amp; the local native flora &amp; fauna</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 05:45:49 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Lauren Stanley [Signature #45]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7397626?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ms Lauren Stanley, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:33:56 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>ms Anonymous [Signature #44]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, wantirna south, Australia]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:25:48 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs Lesley Van Dijk [Signature #43]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Lesley Van Dijk, Olinda, Australia<p>We strongly object to the proposed development of Hamer arboretum due to fire risks, noise pollution and disturbance to the native wild life</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:12:25 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>ms Linda Bolton [Signature #42]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7390828?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ms Linda Bolton, Kallista, Victoria, Australia<p>I am a concerned resident who is alarmed at the land grab of Parks Victoria in it&#039;s Eco delovpment plan.  The Olinda Arboretum has been my sanctuary for many years where I can walk or ride within a tranquil environment and I would be devastated over any changes to such a unique heritage landscape.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:48:25 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>J Gabens [Signature #41]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[J Gabens, Gold Coast<p>This needs to become a hard copy petition with actual signatures.  Online ones are rejected by gov&#039;t.  Each page must be headed with the declaration/agreement that is signed.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:47:22 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>MRS ANNA STANGHERLIN [Signature #40]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MRS ANNA STANGHERLIN, VENICE<p>We the undersigned strongly oppose the Brumby state governments plans to construct an Adventure park at the Hamer Arboretum, Olinda, Dandenong Ranges , Victoria.</p>

<p>We believe in preserving such sites, their natural beauty, their artistic and historical significance. We do not agree with the Brumby State Governments&#039; plans to develop this area with the sole aim of increasing tourism and raising revenue.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:01:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr. Don Wallace-Mitchell [Signature #39]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Don Wallace-Mitchell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<p>If we do not make a stand , gradually the borders of our green belt will be pushed further and further out and we will live with a concrete play ground instead of a natural healthy green one.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:22:07 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>ms Marcela Santa Anna [Signature #38]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ms Marcela Santa Anna, glen huntly, Melbourne, Australia<p>Don&#039;t change natural beauty and a natural haven for a theme park.<br />
Life should be far more important.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:56:46 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mrs wendy clarke [Signature #37]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs wendy clarke, Hong Kong, Hong Kong<p>I agree areas like that should be kept untouched there are too many naturally beautiful places that have been ruined by man and his greed.<br />
Look at the rainforests.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:52:47 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>ms Anonymous [Signature #36]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, fitzroy, vic, Australia<p>since when do we put adventure parks into museums? surely museums are all about maintaining for posterity aspects of our environment that have been lost, why oh why would we defile that with flying foxes? please preserve this beautiful place as it is, &amp; only seek to improve it by sustaining what is already there.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:35:55 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Petra Ullberg [Signature #35]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Petra Ullberg, Goteborg, Sweden, Sweden<p>Think about our children of the future and give them a chance to walk in nature the way it was intended to be!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:01:24 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Annie Van der Poel [Signature #34]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Annie Van der Poel, Montrose<p>Very distressed to hear what is planned for this spectacular area.  What is the government thinking? Obviously they&#039;re not!!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:09:37 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Debra Annear [Signature #33]</title>
      <link>https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7383344?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Debra Annear, Melbourne, Australia<p>Fix up the destruction you have already done before destroying more of what precious little you have left. You obviously haven&#039;t learned anything from your actions of the past 122 years.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:44:43 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Lou McGregor [Signature #32]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Lou McGregor, Melbourne, Vic, Australia<p>Please don&#039;t destroy any more of our beautiful ranges!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:30:53 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Ms Dorianne Daniels [Signature #31]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr Wendy Saunders, Kalorama, Vic, Australia<p>A regular walker in the Hamer Arboretum, I am appalled at the prospect of such an inappropriate &amp; environmentally destructive proposal. Parks Victoria &amp; Victorian Government you should be ashamed of yourselves for even contemplating the thought of  such intrusion and vandalism of  a precious and rare environment  for pure short term financial gain. If granted it will set a precedent for commercialisation and exploitation of other fragile habitats and unspoilt areas.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Melissa Milligan, Greater Springfield<p>I am so disappointed that the government would go around the people who support it to destroy this nature and historic haven.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Master Harry Wallace-Mitchell, Melbourne, Vic, Australia<p>I have been coming to Hamer with my dad, step mum, sister and our dog for 4 years. This is a really special place where we all come together as a family to bushwalk and enjoy the beauty of nature. Hamer is such a peaceful, quiet untouched area also home to wildlife, trees and plants. We also enjoy picnics and reading here. I don&#039;t want an adventure park built at Hamer and strongly oppose these plans!!! Leave it alone so that our generation and future generation can enjoy it just the way it is!!!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr Katrina Lansdown, Bayswater, VIC, Australia<p>1. The RJ Hamer arboretum is one of the only parks in the Dandenongs where dog walking is allowed. Where else can we walk our dogs in such a setting?</p>

<p>2. Much of the catchment of Lyrebird Creek is the arboretum. Lyrebird Creek is one of the only waterways in the Dandenongs not impacted by leaking septic tanks. (e.g. compare the nitrate concentrations of Olinda and Lyrebird Creeks). Can the developers of the &quot;eco park&quot; ensure that the health of Lyrebird Creek will not be adversely affected</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Los Angeles<p>Please be responsible.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Julian Rose, Olinda, Australia<p>This area is unique, it should be preserved and cherished so that future generations can enjoy the flora and fauna and the peaceful healthy environment.</p>

<p>Commercial development in partnership with a company that promotes itself with the logo &ldquo;Why walk when you can fly?&rdquo; is appalling.</p>

<p>The RJ Hamer Arboretum is part of the original Dandenong and Woori Yallock State Forest proclaimed over 110 years ago. The Arboretum has been used extensively by recreational walkers for decades.</p>

<p>The L</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[chris williams, Olinda<p>You would think the Parks Victoria charter was about development and protection of areas like the arboretum for future generations not the commercial exploitation of pristine peaceful parklands. What next mobile phone towers among the trees so that the users can sent their photos and update their facebooks as they yelp through the canopy.Pulese!!!!!!!!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Meg Ryan, Fitzroy North<p>The RJ Hamer Aboretum is one of the most beautiful nature reserves close to Melbourne - lets keep it that way and ensure future generations are able to enjoy it exactly as we see it today. NO to the adventure park...NO NO NO!!!</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Ms Helen Gavan [Signature #18]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Helen Gavan, Dublin<p>.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Kelly Conway, Brisbane, Australia<p>The last thing Australia needs is another adventure park. Stop ruining the landscape with these &#039;toys&#039; and start saving the bloody landscapes and environment.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Eve Kelly, Essendon, VIC, Australia<p>I fear disruption to wildlife if this project goes ahead. They have to contend with enough development as it is e.g. pollution, traffic, bush fires and drought. They and the environment can do without more development in this area.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr KIngston Mitchell-Clarke [Signature #15]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr KIngston Mitchell-Clarke, Melbourne<p>I love to walk the beautiful  tracks of the Hamer Arboretum and enjoy the smells of nature as I go. On my walks I have met many friends and simply enjoy the freedom of this beautiful place. Please leave this lovely place alone.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Peta Boyle [Signature #14]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Peta Boyle, Melbourne, Australia<p>Hamer Arboretum, Olinda<br />
Stop Commercial Development</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Noel Keogh, Olinda, Vic, Australia<p>The Hamer Arboretum must be protected  from commercial development.     This place is a haven for wildlife and flora, much of it endangered.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Robert McHugh, West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia<p>The Arboretum has great significance in terms of its beauty and cultural heritage (the Streeton paintings). A commercial development is totally contrary to these factors. people love it for what it is, leave it alone!! Must everything be exploited and destroyed so that someone can make money! Outrageous!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Amanda Roberts, St Kilda East, Australia<p>The future generations of Australia will be grateful for all of the precious natural bushland and other nature reserves that we keep unsullied by commercial ventures. Please put the future of the world before the future of a business venture!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Wayne Sissing, Kallista, Victoria,, Australia<p>The proposal is vandalism at it&#039;s worst.  Would have expected better from a so called green leaning Political Party.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ms Marilyn Crowe, Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia<p>Not everything is about raising tourism dollars - we need to preserve areas for future generations.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs Amanda Wilson, Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia<p>This is a country area easily access by Melbourne visitors, that should be promoted for it&#039;s natural beauty to locals and visitors.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Malvern East, Victoria, Australia<p>After many years away and overseas we had a drive through the Dandenongs as a return to childhood and Puffing Billy.  We were very disappointed to see how few beautiful areas remain.  There are many ugly areas around outer Melbourne which can be turned into theme parks, if they are necessary for tourist money.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Peter Cohen, Clifton Hill, Vic, Australia<p>I walk through the Hamor Aboretum throughout the year. I enjoy picnics and practice Yoga there. It is a place of peace and solitude and romance. Every person I have introduced to the Arboretum has found it a supremely peaceful location. The silence is golden. The Arboretum is not a place of funpark entertainment. It is nature at it&#039;s finest; a silent education in diversity. Please preserve the tree museum for the future.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Candy, Brisbane, Australia, Australia<p>We have been enjoying the RJ Hamer Nature Park for many years, enjoying walks with family and friends. I do not agree with any commercial development at Hamer Arboretum.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nick Clarke, MELBOURNE, Australia, Australia<p>As per my sister&#039;s petition, we have been enjoying the RJ Hamer Nature Park for over almost two decades, enjoying hikes and walking our dogs.I Strongly OPPOSE any commercial development at Hamer Arboretum.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Vicky Clarke, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia<p>As per my daughters petition created I Strongly OPPOSE any commercial development at Hamer Arboretum.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Adam Mitchell-Clarke, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, Australia<p>The Hamer Arboretum in Victoria&#039;s Dandenong Ranges needs to be preserved and protected against the vile commercial opportunism of the Brumby Government. It is a beautiful sanctuary that is enjoyed and respected by many in a world all too spoiled by human greed. Leave this beautiful place alone so my children can bring theirs to this special place and enjoy its overwhelming natural beauty.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kristy Mitchell-Clarke, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, Australia<p>As per my petition created I Strongly OPPOSE any commercial development at Hamer Arboretum.</p>]]></description>
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