Friends,
 Previously we have had a discussion on the proper response of birding 
organisations to a plan to use 200 hectares of Black-breasted Button-quail 
habitat for a development of 6,500 people
 The Rainbow Shores development is on the Inskip Peninsula immediately south 
of Fraser Island in Queensland.  The development was refused by the Gympie 
Regional Council on the instructions of the Department of Environment and 
Resource Management and the developer has appealed.  A number of individuals 
and groups have joined the action to oppose the develoment.   (Fraser Island 
Defenders Organisation, Citizens Helping Inskip Peninsula, Cooloola 
Coastcare, National Parks Association of Queensland)   I thought that people 
may be interested in a quick update.
 The trial is set down for 3 weeks from 16th January 2012 with a site 
inspection on the 6th and 7th December 2011.  So the crunch is coming as we 
seek to protect the BBBQ and its habitat.  It's a bit scary.
 More information is available on 
http://www.saveinskip.org.au/docs/Newsletter_Nov_2011_Screen.pdf or on 
background the CHIP website http://www.inskip.org
Regards
Reg Lawler
  
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