North Coast Voices recently heard from a resident of New Norfolk in the Derwent Valley, Tasmania, with news that the Rockefeller Group had lodged a development application with Derwent Valley Council for a 24 hour fast food outlet in that town and that this was thought to be on behalf of McDonald’s Australia.
The Derwent Valley shares many characteristics with the Lower Clarence Valley where McDonald’s opened another of its fast food outlets in December 2010 in the face of opposition from many Yamba residents.
This is the public face of the Rockefeller Group - Mr Robert Rockefeller.
As Mr. Rockefeller is currently a board member of the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry he can presumably be contacted at email admin@tcci.com.au or fax 6420 7541 if any reader wishes to let this developer know what they think of a McDonald’s 'restaurant' in a relatively small town dependent to some degree on tourism based on early Australian history and the natural environment.
Please feel free to discuss in the comments section of this post.
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The Derwent Valley Council has approved the McDonalds in New Norfolk, Tasmania opposite the Heritage Listed Willow Court. Willow COurt is older than Port Arthur and is an important part of not only Tasmania's history but Australia's. Tasmania's Heritage is being eroded at an alarming rate and if we don't stop it now there will be nothing left. As Australians we need to contact our State and Federal Politicians and tell them that history, the environment and our culture is important not McDonalds and other multinational companies.
In Tasmania there are fights going on, on these grounds all over the state - New Norfolk, Longford, Brighton, and Deloraine are just a few.
Trica
New Norfolk
Sucked in, Mcdonalds won out and was built, bout bloody time, history being eroded my bupkiss, there is now another reason to enjoy new norfolk, somewhere to sit and eat lunch or dinner that doesnt cost an arm and a leg, and a place for young teens to get off the street and work, if only it was open 24 hours now that would be awesome
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