Thanks for forwarding the contact details of the tourism officer, Graeme!
I just sent him an email as well, stating my disappointment.
Falk
On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 12:56 PM, Graeme Stevens <>
wrote:
> There's an email address on the Council's website for their Tourism
> Officer
>
>
> He just received the benefit of my opinion!
>
>
> Graeme Stevens
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Birding-Aus <> on behalf of
> Denise Goodfellow <>
> Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2018 12:45 PM
> To: Martin Butterfield
> Cc: Brian & Meg; birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Winton, Qld
>
> I’ve just filled in a complaints form with the following:
>
> I understand that most of the bullrushes have been removed from the Winton
> Sewage Treatment Ponds. These, according to my contacts, were a prime spot
> for birdwatchers to find hard-to-see crakes and grass birds. In case you
> think birdwatching is a small market - there are about 50 million in the
> USA alone (the subject of my PhD) and after the Americas Australia is the
> place they most want to visit. You've just given them a reason not to
> visit Winton.
>
> Denise
>
> On 7 Aug 2018, at 11:42 am, Martin Butterfield <>
> wrote:
>
> > Pending Greg's update perhaps people could call the number listed on the
> > website as shown in my post: (07) 4657 2666.!
> >
> > Martin Butterfield
> > https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=
> http%3A%2F%2Ffranmart.blogspot.com.au%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%
> 7C360acb7428fc482084f408d5fc10e75d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaa
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> >
> > On 7 August 2018 at 11:47, Greg and Val Clancy <>
> wrote:
> >
> >> We were there last week and I photographed the Australian Spotted Crake
> >> and a Baillon's Crake. The others heard a number of Spotless Crakes.
> The
> >> place was alive with birds. This is outrageous and I have 'phoned
> Winton
> >> Shire Council. I am waiting for a response from the person in charge.
> >> When I get a name I will post it and others could then also 'phone and
> >> protest, unless of course there is a very valid reason, which I doubt.
> >>
> >> Greg Clancy
> >>
> >> -----Original Message----- From: Martin Butterfield
> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 8:17 AM
> >> To: Brian & Meg
> >> Cc: birding-aus NEW
> >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Winton, Qld
> >>
> >>
> >> Any idea why they did that, other than "the bulldozer was just sitting
> >> there costing ratepayers money"? Presumably the rushes will contribute
> to
> >> preserving the climate by being set alight.
> >>
> >> Martin Butterfield
> >> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=
> http%3A%2F%2Ffranmart.blogspot.com.au%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%
> 7C360acb7428fc482084f408d5fc10e75d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaa
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> 2Fac6RtyMMv5pfnh9d86a%2BfwoFX1IpaR8%3D&reserved=0
> >>
> >> On 6 August 2018 at 18:26, Brian & Meg <> wrote:
> >>
> >> For those who know the ‘old’ Winton W.T.Ponds in central-western Qld,
> you
> >>> will be disappointed to hear that today, council workmen moved in and
> >>> began
> >>> using a bulldozer to remove the majority of the bullrushes around some
> of
> >>> the ponds. We were there yesterday and it was alive with birds. This
> >>> afternoon, it was a sad-looking place with the bullrushes piled up
> along
> >>> the walls and mud everywhere. Obviously, this debris will need to be
> >>> removed, probably tomorrow. Many of the birds had already moved out
> but we
> >>> did manage to see a few of the crakes and grassbirds that were
> struggling
> >>> to find somewhere to shelter.
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