Winton, Qld

[Denise Goodfellow <>]

Good work!

Denise
On 7 Aug 2018, at 12:26 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&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C360acb7428fc482084f408d5fc10e75d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636692071930040506&amp;sdata=08%2FjqXBIm%2By%2Fac6RtyMMv5pfnh9d86a%2BfwoFX1IpaR8%3D&amp;reserved=0
> > 
> > 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&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C360acb7428fc482084f408d5fc10e75d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636692071930040506&amp;sdata=08%2FjqXBIm%2By%2Fac6RtyMMv5pfnh9d86a%2BfwoFX1IpaR8%3D&amp;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.
> >>> Brian Johnson
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