AusBonsai

This gets better and better.
Michael

Just gone through all the sites and cant find much to help our course.
The only way to be completly legal would be to get land owners permission and some sort of permission from council.
So i just sent off a letter to our local council, i hope to get a reply but not holding breath.

The letter reads


TO WHIM IT MAY CONCERN
PLEASE PASS ON TO THE RELEVANT PERSON

We have started a bonsai club in the Bundanoon area and have currently approximately 20 members from around the Southern Highlands, down to the South Coast and Goulburn and are young active and still growing.
I Am trying to gain permission from our council to conduct a dig day/s, the dig consists of identification and collecting of certain plant species locally, these of course would only be of the noxious weed variety such as Privet (Ligustrum), Radiata Pine (Pinus radiata), Firethorn (Pyracantha), and Cotoneaster among other noxious weeds in our area that lend themselves to the art of bonsai.
We realise that we need the permission from land owners and the local council, which ever is the land owner identified. We are willing to conduct any course or attend a seminar for relevant information or knowledge, we would also have our own insureance or sign an imdemnity in order to conduct these digs properly and to take the responsiblilty for ourselves. This activity would be well away from high trafic areas.
An outing of this type could only benefit the individuals, club, community and the councils own noxious weed program itself.

For your concideration


Mick

I also left a phone number, just incase some person tries to pick me up on it.

I held these licenses for a number of years, but for collecting native flora for scientific research and education. I would start by calling or e-mailing Wildlife Licensing and Management Unit at 02 9585 6406 or wildlife.licensing@environment.nsw.gov.au. They may even tell you that you don’t need the license for exotic weeds and should liaise directly with the national park of your choice. If they say you need a licence then I would download the Scientific Licence Application Form from http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wildl ... cences.htm. Your justification in the application should be the use of collected Pinus radiata specimens for art education (workshops, classes, demonstrations). I must admit that I misled you in my previous post. There is no provision for art (except for emu egg carving), but there is a provision for education.
Alternatively, you can approach a bush regeneration group that does work in the park and combine your pine collect with the work they do. National Parks have Community Liaison/Facilitation Officers who could help. This strategy should also work well with the local government. You could look up bush regeneration companies that do work for your local council. They rely heavily on volunteers.