A 250-acre quarry is planned for Anakie
Aerolite Quarries, a company owned by Ken Jarvis, wants to build a 250-acre quarry and blasting site at The Three Sisters. The proposed quarry would be a massive extension of the present scoria quarry operated by Aerolite on a neighbouring site. If approved, the quarry will:
• Occupy 250 acres – more than 50 times the size of the playing surface at Simonds
Stadium
• Be up to 75 metres deep after remediation – higher than Simonds Stadium and its light towers
• Involve regular blasting and road closures
• Be situated within 3000 metres of Anakie township
• Be situated within a beautiful recreational, agricultural and tourism area – home of the Anakie Fairy Park, Anakie Gorge, farms, vineyards, restaurants, horse riding, camping, cycling, kangaroos and koalas. The quarry is totally out of context with the rural setting and the emergence of the Anakie area as an inland playground of Geelong
