Broadwater islands lost to Russian birds

[Scot Mcphee <>]

> Go to the GC Bulletin web site and post your comment below the  
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http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/06/27/12973_gold-coast-top-story.html?

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"Can the Bully tell me where the container vessels dock in the  
Broadwater? Bulk carriers? Roll on roll off? Gas tankers? No? No blue  
water vessels carrying the country's essential exports need sail in  
the Broadwater? So the dredging is pointless? Just for recreational  
boaties? Leave the birds alone."


On 28-06-2008, at 10:47 AM, peter crow wrote:

> Hello David and others,
>
> Firstly the gold Coast Bulletin is in my opinion, possibly the least  
> accurate and the biggest joke as a newspaper I've encountered> If it  
> published an accurate story i would be surprised. there fore no  
> surprise or shock re its inaccurate reporting.
> What does disappoint  me is the replies from members of this list  
> who waste words on trivialities while ignoring the real problem  
> which is the further destruction of wader habitat in Moreton Bay.  
> The Southport Broadwater is the southern extremity or Moreton Bay.
> Surely we should all be jumping up and down concerning this  
> destruction of habitat.
>
> It appears that wader numbers are steadily decreasing. I don't have  
> on hand current figures from Qld Wader sSudy Group which does  
> monthly counts but  from memory I think numbers of every species  
> have declined over the last decade.
> Regards
>
> Peter
>
> n 27/06/2008, at 5:37 PM, David Taylor wrote:
>
> > The following article fills the front page of todays Gold Coast  
> > Bulletin and a page inside - RAMSAR  at work and one for the birds  
> > I say!
> > David Taylor
> > Brisbane
> >
> >
> > 27Jun08  Front page Gold Coast Bulletin
> >
> > Broadwater islands lost to Russian birds
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