See uploaded submission from Narromine Shire Council.

Stop wrecking our homes and our land.

Yet another foreign company trashing our environment. This foreign company not only seeks to destroy our land and farm taxpayers subsidies they now also get favourable (compared to Australia taxpayers) CGT discounts when they flip the project.

Noted on the plethora of consultants on this EIS is the local from Wellington, who is a Dubbo Regional Councillor. How does this pass the pub test? Trashed their own backyard now benefiting from the destruction of agricultural land elsewhere.

We all know this project won't stop at 38 turbines. The destruction will continue.

I wonder if the land hosts have worked out yet that they run the risk of losing their primary production status?

The risk to the neighbours is BPA from leading edge erosion spread over their land, livestock, pasture and crops. There are unacceptable negative impact to local aerial operators and farmers wishing to take part in aerial baiting, culling, agricultural applications.

STOP wrecking our homes.

I object to this project - Please see attached file for details of my objection.

Gliding Australia is opposed to the current proposal for the Wallaby Creek Wind Farm.
The Aviation Impact Assessment is seriously flawed and has not been inclusive.
Gliding Australia wishes to be consulted on the flaws and omissions in the Aviation Impact Statement.
Please see attached document for more details

To Whom it may Concern,
My direction to this submission is to formally object, with respect, to the proposed Wallaby Creek Wind Farm development on the concern of Aviation safety. As a frequent user of the Narromine Airport I feel aviation operations of all nature will be impacted.
My major concerns;- The close proximity to the Narromine Airport of the vertical structure, with major concerns of the WMT's which could impede LSALT particularly for a VFR pilot remaining within VMC. Also the wires supporting the WMT's are a very significant concern to any pilot on a decent approach or climb out. The location and life of the WMT's appears unclear in the Aviation Projects Document and in my mind as a pilot would be the most significant factor pertaining to high risk to Aviation.
Also I would like to point out and also recognize the number of aircraft collisions with a WTG or a WMT in Australia over the past 10 years is nil as stated in the Accidents Statistics report. It is also very fair to comment that over the past ten years Wind Farm Projects are increasing dramatically and in areas that are not particularly compatible with aviation operations.
Other concerns.
1. human factors . Increased workload for the pilot
2. agricultural and low level operations such as fire bombing
3.forced landings such as engine failures
4.turbines creating wake turbulence
5. visibility particularly to the horizon in any weather.
6. lighting has social impacts as well as impacts to IFR and night rated pilots
7.weather is only a forecast which pilots monitor however weather variability is paramount
I sincerely hope that aviation safety and the future proofing of our beautiful airport at Narromine, with its rich historical heritage, is taken into well thought consideration in the decision making of the Wallaby Creek Wind Farm proposal.
Regards
Robbie Barclay
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Background:
I am generally supportive of renewable energy projects.
I live in a town with a lot of wind energy generation. My home is mostly solar powered.
I am a glider and single engine pilot, ratings with FAA (in USA), CASA and GFA in Australia.
Among many places in Australia, I have flown in and out of Narromine.

Comments:
I agree with comments in the Aviation Projects "Aviation Impact Assessment".
A glider approach to Narromine may be at low altitude over the area of this project.
From experience at home it is important to delegate a "Line in the sand" that keeps commercial wind turbines in this or future projects from encroaching upon the town or the aerodrome. This will maintain current levels of aviation safety, plus reduce the number of complaints from the community about the large wind turbines. They are more unsightly than the present farmland, make noise, and the mandatory lights at night are obnoxious.
It is still unofficial, but a boundary line has been negotiated at home in Tehachapi, California. The community is happy that a closer project did not go through because of this line. For example, a map is linked below.
https://databasin.org/datasets/28d5c81a986d41f9bc38303ee46a1398/

I strongly object to this project because of the impact this will have on my and my partners future living in the vicinity of the planned project. This project is planned to be within 2km of my partners family farm that we both plan on building a house together and living on the property but I am very concerned about the potential health and economic impacts this will have on our future. My family and I have already been negatively impacted by the already approved Crudine Ridge Wind Farm which had the nearest wind turbine built within 2km from my grandparents property and just over 2km from their house. That wind farm devalued their land by removing their ability to potentially subdivide and build houses on any land within the 2km of the turbine. They have also suffered health problems from the noise produced by the turbines and have noticed the working dogs used for mustering sheep on the farm have difficulty hearing commands when working near the turbines. Now that I’ve been informed about the new proposal for the Wallaby Creek Wind Farm I am concerned that me and my partner will face the same problems in the future while trying to live so close to the proposed project. We are both very worried about how this project may impact our future.

I am a Hangglider and Glider pilot, traveling to Narromine and Forbes/Parkes area for flying annually, spending a lot of time and money that flows to the local communities. This project does not seem to take the impact on Gliding and Hanggliding into concideration, and I object to the project.