Many Australian birders supported the 3-year campaign to protect the
Yandina Creek Wetland on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. BirdLife Australia,
Birds Queensland and Noosa Parks Association were among the groups that
helped. It’s great to report that the campaign paid off and the wetland is
to be restored.
Full story here:
sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/2017/02/yandina-creek-wetland-to-be-restored.html
Greg Roberts
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Thanks, Greg. Can you elaborate on what Unitywater will do with the wetland? It sounds like they might use it for waste water treatment of some kind, but the term “pollution offsetting” doesn’t mean much to me.
Will they actually be doing anything other than opening the floodgates again? If so, what does that mean for birder access? Could it end up being restricted, or maybe on a permit system like Werribee?
Peter Shute
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On 17 Feb 2017, at 12:23 pm, Greg Roberts <friarbird.roberts@gmail.com<mailto:friarbird.roberts@gmail.com>> wrote:
Peter
The disgruntled landowner’s property was one of three that made up the initial acquisition proposal for the Yandina Creek Wetland that was submitted to the Sunshine Coast Council in 2014.
The landowner subsequently decided to drain her property, as is her right, but the acquisition proposal was then amended to excise the property as it was no longer considered an integral part of the wetlands complex.
Focus shifted to the two much bigger neighbouring properties, which were recently acquired by Unitywater so that the wetland can be re-established.
The landowner is upset that at the end of the day, her property was not part of the wetlands package so she has carried on a personal crusade against the project.
Yes, birders visiting the area are threatened with legal action for trespass but they can be safe in the knowledge although there is presently no access to the wetland proper, the southern edge of the area – River Road – is not private property.
Greg Roberts
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What’s her gripe, Greg? Did she want her property acquired? Or doesn’t she want
a wetland near her property? What legal action is she threatening? Trespass?
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What’s her gripe, Greg? Did she want her property acquired? Or doesn’t she want a wetland near her property? What legal action is she threatening? Trespass?
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