In these days of climate change it's an outrage.

Not everyone wants a sports complex, it's a waste of ratepayers money, even with the Government grant.

This area could have been preserved as a wonderful green space for Orange. Not all the trees in the area are radiata pines - labelled "feral" by Reg Kidd.

There are Eucalyptus, deciduous trees and other varieties of evergreen trees - some really lovely specimens.

These beautiful, mature trees provide shade, shelter and habitat.

It will be many years before any trees planted around the complex will be mature.

I bet they won't be planting 430 more trees.