Why leave them to the real locals or those in the know?

I recently visited the Lake Leake Inn about a 90 minutes easy drive from Launceston and entered another world.

I could have been a thousand miles from civilisation at the lake.

I could have expected a thylacine to come and quench its thirst.

The Inn itself is full of character, log fires and much local history.

The food was excellent.

I had the fish and chips, as a “world expert” on chips they get a gold medal.

The glass of wine was well filled, almost to the brim, unlike many bars in the city and only cost $5.

I entered the Christmas raffle and will probably win a box of flies.

I think I know what they are.

IN RESPONSE to A.R. Trouson (Logging Practices, The Examiner, September 26), the Lapoinya Coupe has never been classified as an area of high conservation value. Lapoinya is regrowth production forest.

The Greens failed to nominate the Lapoinya coupe for protection under the job-destroying forest deal.

Substantial safeguards were put in place to ensure that the coupe would be harvested and managed in a sensible way for the long term.

To address the concerns held by some in the community, the size of the harvest area was halved and various buffer zones and protective actions were incorporated.

Other protective measures allowed workers to identify and protect an empty Wedge-Tailed eagle nest in the adjacent reserve, as well as well as rigorous scientific evaluation to consider the type of burn practice required to create new seed beds, while at the same time minimising the effects on local wildlife.

It's high-time our forestry workers are recognised for the high quality conservation outcomes they are achieving.