Well done Trevor - as you say it is a never ending battle and they only have
to win once, whereas we have to win every time. Unfortunately most
governments - certainly ours in Victoria - go for growth at all costs, and
even though many people seem to be against more population growth both major
parties seem to be more concerned with pleasing developers than doing what
people want.
2010/1/31 Trevor Quested <>
> For many years we have been warned that an excellent pocket of rainforest
> at Moore Park Beach, near Bundaberg, Queensland was going to be bulldozed
> for housing. The land belongs to the foreign owned Bundaberg Sugar, a huge
> firm in our city. Members of Bundaberg Bird Observers Club wrote objecting
> submissions to the council and later to the Department of Environment,
> Water, Heritage & the Arts. That Federal government body contacted me on
> January 29 to tell me "This is a courtesy notification that the EPBC
> referral for the Moore Park Residential Development has been withdrawn by
> Bundaberg Sugar upon our recommendation. The project will be referred to us
> again in the near future to include all components of the project, including
> the proposed water treatment plant."
> We had good coverage in the local press and I was asked as president of
> Bundy BOC to meet the press at the site. Prior to doing this I contacted
> Stephen Ambrose who was most helpful with his suggestions. I took a press
> release stating our case, a pair of binoculars for the reporter and
> fortunately the press photographer was also a good birder and brought his
> long lens. About 100 metres down the track a Rose-crowned Fruit Dove landed
> in the tree above the reporter and she was stunned to see the beautiful bird
> as I pointed out its fate should the forest be logged. The reporter got the
> shot and we had very good coverage for our case in the press.
> We were able to point out a Coxen's Fig Parrot was seen there just a few
> years ago and I was able to show the reporter Black-breasted Buttonquail
> platelets all over the forest floor.
> Big companies seem to never give up getting their own way so I am sure we
> haven't heard the end of it.
> Trevor Quested
> Bundaberg, Qld.www.birding-aus.org
> birding-aus.blogspot.com
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