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Cairns Esplanade under threat yet again

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Subject: Cairns Esplanade under threat yet again
From: Phil & Sue Gregory <>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 18:16:50 +1000
Just a heads up on some worrying comments in the Cairns Post today, with a 
management consultant from Redlynch proposing that the spoil from the proposed 
new channel which may be dredged to allow access to larger cruise ships be 
dumped on - wait for it- Cairns Esplanade. Why ? So it can become a beach "like 
it used to be" no doubt very good for the immediate vicinity businesses but 
tough luck on the shorebirds for which Cairns Esplanade is justly famous. 

The editorial in the Cairns Post also seemed quite enthusiastic, so it may be 
coming time to once again rally to defend a great natural resource from 
ill-advised "development". This seems to come up about once every 5 years or 
so, and there is a long-standing Cairns-must- have-a- beach"  lobby, which 
seems to ignore the beautiful beaches just 10 minutes drive to the north at 
Holloways, Yorkey's Knob  etc.  

Our shorebirds are having a hard enough time of it as is without more nonsense 
in Australia, and there still seems to be no recognition of the value of the 
birding $ to the Cairns and Tablelands areas. The statistics and surveys stay 
resolutely focussed on bums on seats coach trips, luxury hotels etc and ignore 
the highly significant contributions from nature lovers in the less easily 
measured sections of tourism. With the return of the Bjelke Peterson era to 
Queensland we need to be especially vigilant about all manner of  damaging 
measures heading our way, with the likely culling of flying foxes just another 
example of the return of the bad old days.
Pessimistically yours
Phil Gregory
Field Guides / Sicklebill Safaris / Cassowary House / Cassowary Tours

Website 2: Http://www.cassowary-house.com.au

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