Qlder1
10-10-2012, 09:39 AM
Not sure if there was a thread started re this but I thought may as well start a new one. Some of you may already know of the plans to build a couple of massive coal ports in the Fitzroy River Delta, which feeds into Keppel Bay and from there obviously straight out to the Southern end of GBR.
With the Gladstone Harbour / Curtis Island disaster clear for all to see I for one will be devastated if the same mass destruction is allowed to happen here. The area atm is largely untouched , there is a port there used to unload mostly explosives for the mining industry, however there is almost no dredging and for 30 + years it has had only minor impact on the environment. The sheer size of these projects would most definitely lead to destruction of habitat on a massive scale.
If anyone would like more info there is a website http://protectkeppelbay.org/Welcome.html
and there is also a petition being sent to relevant parties. http://protectkeppelbay.good.do/deltabayreef/email-tony-burke-campbell-newman-anthony-albanese/
With the Gladstone Harbour / Curtis Island disaster clear for all to see I for one will be devastated if the same mass destruction is allowed to happen here. The area atm is largely untouched , there is a port there used to unload mostly explosives for the mining industry, however there is almost no dredging and for 30 + years it has had only minor impact on the environment. The sheer size of these projects would most definitely lead to destruction of habitat on a massive scale.
If anyone would like more info there is a website http://protectkeppelbay.org/Welcome.html
and there is also a petition being sent to relevant parties. http://protectkeppelbay.good.do/deltabayreef/email-tony-burke-campbell-newman-anthony-albanese/