Protect Arm End


Support the court challenge to save Arm End Reserve: Save Arm End Nature Recreation Reserve and the Spotted Handfish before it’s too late! We urgently need your help to protect this precious land and its unique wildlife. The Arm End Nature Recreation Area, located in beautiful Tasmania, is under threat from a Victorian-based developer who […]
Have the golf course permit invalidated.

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Support the court challenge to save Arm End Reserve: Save Arm End Nature Recreation Reserve and the Spotted Handfish before it’s too late! We urgently need your help to protect this precious land and its unique wildlife. The Arm End Nature Recreation Area, located in beautiful Tasmania, is under threat from a Victorian-based developer who wants to build a private golf course, clubhouse, and infrastructure on public land. This construction would cause significant harm to one of the last remaining populations of the critically endangered spotted handfish. Donate to save arm end now.

The Tasmanian Conservation Trust (TCT) has commenced legal proceedings in the Supreme Court to have the golf course permit invalidated. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support to fund this vital legal battle. Every dollar you donate will help us fight for the survival of this precious reserve and the handfish. Arm End is a beloved natural area that sits at the mouth of the Derwent estuary. It is loved by local residents and visitors with breathtaking views across the Derwent to Bruny Island and kunanyi/ Mt Wellington. The peninsula is home to at least a dozen sites significant to Tasmania Aboriginal community and is formally reserved as the Gellibrand Point Nature Recreation area, adjacent to the Opossum Bay Marine Conservation Area. This area is also the breeding habitat for one of the last remaining populations of the critically endangered spotted handfish. We estimate that the legal battle could cost us up to $100,000. But we can’t let this developer destroy this beautiful and culturally significant land. We urge you to make a tax-deductible donation to the Tasmania Conservation Trust today. Together, we can save Arm End Nature Recreation Reserve and the Spotted Handfish from destruction.

Help us fund our Supreme Court Challenge: You can help
The Tasmanian Conservation Trust is Tasmania’s oldest nature conservation Organisation. For over 50 years we have protected Tasmania’s threatened native species in partnership with communities all over the state. Now we need your help to protect the handfish and this precious nature recreation area at Arm End. If every person reading this were to give $100, we would reach our goal after only 1,000 donations. We have secured some of the best lawyers in the country to help us fight this case. You can help by making a tax-deductible donation today, and then sharing this page with your friends and family on social media and via email.

Donate to save arm end now
Every little bit helps (Click the links above, or use the embedded form, bank account details below).
Bank details:
Account Name: Tasmanian Conservation Trust
BSB: 067 000
Account Number: 2804 3114
Reference: “Your name.Arm End”

Or send a cheque or money order to:
Tasmanian Conservation Trust
PO Box 374
South Hobart, TAS 7004

If you have any queries about the court case or donating, please get in touch with Peter McGlone via peter @ tct.org.au (with the spaces removed) or ‭0406 380 545‬.

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Campaign Details

Group Leading this Campaign: Tasmanian Conservation Trust

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Who this Campaign is Targeting: A Victorian-based developer

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Campaign Ran From: 2023 to 2025

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Outcome Evidence: The Tasmanian Conservation Trust (TCT) has commenced legal proceedings in the Supreme Court to have the golf course permit invalidated. An update provided by Tasmanian Conservation Trust on 23 November 2023 stated "A date for finalising the case has not been established but we understand that it will not be before March 2024." According to a September 2024 article by the ABC News Commonwealth funds were being used to install pipes at the bottom of Hobart's River Derwent to bring water to the proposed golf course. However, legal proceedings agains the golf course continue. (Ascertained Feb 2025.

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