Trees Day sashes protest Council plans

Residents who live around the reserve at 195 and 196 Brisbane Ave, Umina, wrapped trees in the reserve in sashes to mark the International Day of the Forest and the Tree on Sunday, March 20.

Their action was part of the Save Central Coast Reserves campaign.

Bright coloured sashes were wrapped around special trees in reserves on the Peninsula to mark the community's opposition to plans by Gosford Council to reclassify and potentially sell several reserves.

Trees in the Jumbuck Cres Reserve in Woy Woy were also dressed in red sashes for the occasion.

Reserves in Pozieres St, Umina, Abion St Umina, Mackenzie Ave Woy Woy and Jumbuck Cres Reserve in Woy Woy are also under threat of being reclassified from community land to operational land which could result in their sale.

Email, 21 Mar 2016

Amie Raz and Sue Chidgey, Save Central Coast Reserves