Hi all,
Not that Greg needs my help in expression I'd like to add my support to his
comments.
It is easy to accept an apology when you are miles and miles away from the
trespass that occurred. It is easy to accept an apology when you cannot clearly
understand the importance of the land in our local context. It is easy to
accept an apology if this was an innocent error - it was not.
It is not a good message when you 'knowingly' ignore local advice, break a law
and then believe that mouthing 'sorry' will bring you national support and
forgiveness.
I'm sorry this happened. I'm sorry Greg has lost some standing with the land
owners. I'm sorry that we can now not take part in a survey. I'm sorry that the
land may never be purchased by the Council for conservation. I'm sorry that
Peter can leave and put it all behind him and continue to wonder what all the
fuss was about.
I'm sorry - I'm angry!
Love and Seasons greetings to all,
Ken Cross
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From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Greg Roberts
Sent: Wednesday, 10 December 2014 6:12 AM
To: birding-aus
Cc: tom tarrant
Subject: Reply Pieter de Groot Boersma regarding Yandina Wetlands
Let's get some perspective indeed Tom.
You are very good at lecturing people about environmental awareness (as you
evidently are about the sins of ticking House Crows) but some of us are out
there on the frontline working to save important areas. When those efforts are
undermined by the irresponsible behaviour of visiting birders, that is no small
thing.
I welcome Pieter's apology, but those who are quick to forgive and forget are
overlooking the fact that Pieter was told on at least three occasions - by me
and others - that he should not go onto the property. He ignored us, and then
exacerbated the problem when he was caught trespassing by falsely telling the
land owners effectively that the person leading the campaign to protect
wetlands on their property
(me) was commercially exploiting them by leading bird tours there. I think it's
a bit of a worry when people like you, who should know better, dismiss this
sort of stuff as trivia. Greg Roberts
"Recently a lot of fuss was made regarding the trespass on private-land
by a visiting birder and while I agree that it was the wrong thing to do the
person in question has since apologized for his actions. I wonder if birders
were aware of this headline and plan to do something about it: *Queensland
Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney has intervened to force the removal of all
references to climate change-derived sea level rises from the regional plan of
Moreton Bay Regional Council.* Apathy will probably result in Yandina Wetlands
becoming part of the sea-bed in the foreseeable-future*. *I would remind you as
a fellow-birder that the right-wing governments that currently 'run' this
country regard you as a "Greeny", and therefore.......the enemy. Let's get some
perspective, Tom"
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