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Plastic Bag Use leads to Animals and Sea Life
being injured or killed.
Plastic Bags look unsightly
on roadsides and in trees.
The single use of a plastic bag is also a waste,
when there are many more sustainable alternatives
including cloth bags, use of boxes from the store,
or using a shopping jeep.
l ocal traders and Council led the country
in banning plastic bags,
picking up on the similar success in Ireland.
In smaller communities like Bicheno, Swansea and Coles Bay
often the provision of essential , community services,
or introduction of innovation has to come from the people
who live and work in the community, rather than government or
business leaders .
It was this free thought that allowed Coles Bay to lead the nation
in banning plastic carry bags.
townships including Bicheno,Coles Bay and Swansea.
The town leaders are currently gathering support from residents and
traders with pledge boxes being distributed around the town, as a
means of showing the Bendigo Bank that there is a sufficient financial
incentive for them to establish locally.
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The Douglas Apsley National Park region
still remains largely undisturbed,
amid much tourist and forestry
activity on Tasmania's East Coast.
The park can be visited as a part of a tour
of other sites in the area,
including the Freycinet National Park, Maria Island
and Coastal Regions.
Orford,less than an hour's drive from Hobart,
is having a real estate and investment boom at moment, a 1 bedroom cottage
on the beach recently fetched over $400.000 at auction.
These record prices will be expected to continue,
if a planned Greg Norman designed golf course goes ahead
on 270 ha just outside of Orford township.
Beach games,boating and fishing are popular with visitors and locals.
Meanwhile day trips from nearby Triabunna
are popular to Maria Island,
which is a mecca for walkers and campers.
with the Derwent Explorer ferry running twice a day.
For an added attraction plans are being made to use
Swansea ,the oldest rural municipality in Australia,
is another East Coast town attracting new business.
The holiday resort has always been popular,
but now with the 3 interstate ferries
on the run,hotels and campsites are all doing a good trade.
Leading Businesses in the area include:
which retails the produce from a newly established Avocado Farm,
the nuts from the Southern Hemisphere's largest walnut orchard,
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