EDF wants to put massive high voltage transmission towers & wires over this pristine farmland.

The Dungowan Creek is on western fall country, part of the watershed of the Great Dividing Range which feeds the aquifer, flood plain and surface water of the Namoi River system. Locals know that, unlike eastern fall country, our water is not regular, and not as reliable as we’d like. We have great concerns about how a pumped hydro power station will capture over 12 springs currently feeding into our little creek while taking 5 gigalitres of water allocation, locking it away for decades. The plan includes kilometres of huge high voltage transmission lines over private property, which double-up on EnergyCo’s HVTLs already mapped for our narrow valley, which EDF cannot connect to.

This valley is home to one of the most diverse range of fauna in the whole of Australia. We have many endangered and vulnerable species, including platypus, koalas, spotted quoll, squirrel & greater gliders, brush-tailed rock wallabies and more. This is a well known destination for birdwatchers, boasting one of the largest range of bird species in one area. Over 400 species of native birds either reside, breed, migrate through, or winter in New England. The tight Dungowan Creek gorge is home to the endangered Booroolong frog as well as the Davis Tree frog.

It is a special place of mineral-rich soils where irrigated lucerne paddocks and fertile grazing lands nestle amongst untouched native bushland of the Great Dividing Range.