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Post Yasi Marina Push

19/3/2011

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Call for jetty upgrade
The Cassowary Coast Regional Council is being asked "why is it taking so long to rebuild the community jetty at Mission Beach"?  read flyer
Call for upgrade of jetty
Brand new plan for marina
Cyclone Yasi is being used by would-be marina developers to take advantage of the post-YASI reconstruction effort.
A new concept has been presented to the Prime Minister, Premier, State politicians and government department officials in an attempt to cut through red tape and fast-track approval for a Marina.  Once again the call for inapropriate infrastructure in the high ecologically significant area is holding up progress for a purpose built jetty to cater for the boating needs of Mission Beach.

The new plan claiming to be a “safe” marina has been drawn up to accommodate, 176 berths, 5 short term berths, super yacht berth, fishermans village,  public facilities precinct, car park and even some mangrove habitat.
Below is how the high ecological area of Clump point/Narragon Beach  is envisaged to look after excavation, reclamation and installation of rock walls.

In reality there won't be a mangrove habitat on the east and south-east side of the outer wall any more than there is on Clump Point itself.  It will be rocks that are constantly being pounded by waves.   There won't be a deep water docking point on the northern side of the shorter wall any more than there is in Boat Bay itself - it will continually fill up with silt, as will the inner harbour. 

The walls will have to be at least 7 metres above highest astronomical tide (HAT) (because that is what the Premier said we could face with Yasi) which is 4.2 metres above LAT. If the rock face slopes at 30°, the base of the triangle at LAT level has to be 38.8 metres, and at seabed level, (38.8 + 3.4*D) metres at depth (D). The outer wall is about 700 metres long. This is a monumental amount of rock.
(New information about  height of Yasi tidal surge)

Regardless of the engineering logistics or environmental possibilities, the wisdom of such a project must be questioned especially with the photos of the Hinchinbrook marina so fresh in our minds.

Nine news interviewed Castaways manager Will Neville  and local recreational boat owner Peter Salleras on the implications such a development would have on the  Mission Beach community.

read more about Boat Bay 
Cultural, environmental and scenic importance of Clump point
The Clump Point area has always been a significant place for the Djiru Aboriginal traditional owners for its cultural, spiritual, social, educational and recreational values. 
Djiru brochure

Unique Clump Point
The Cassowary Coast Regional Council in partnership with Terrain NRM produced a brochure on the
Natual Values of Clump Point.

Marina has history of dividing community
Plans for a large scale marina at Clump Point/Boat Bay has a long and controversial history.  A community group called Friends of Boat Bay  (FOBB) was formed in opposition to the original development and in March 2003 a rally was attended by about 170 people who arrived at Boat Bay in kayaks, boats and mini-buses in protest of the proposal.

Do we want another Oyster Point?
 Read about the history of Port Hinchinbrook marina 
Mum's the word on future of Cardwell marina (04 Mar 2011)
"The ABC has also requested information from the harbour master in Townsville as to why the harbour (Hinchinbrook) wasn't evacuated under the yellow alert and who determines what constitutes a cyclone-proof marina and what are the requirements." read more
 More on Oyster Point from Alliance to Save hinchinbrook (ASH)

"If Boat Bay is not safe, neither is any other pristine or relatively undeveloped coastal area".
Margaret Moorhouse outlines the reasons Boat Bay is so important in the context of Coastal Management and  encourages you to write a letter to the ministers.


7 Comments
jane dollard
20/3/2011 02:45:51 am

Someone is fudging the truth in the scale of the two proposed plans. and where did Wiley Creek go, this new plan looks like it absorbs all of Narragon Beach!

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fedup with marinas
25/3/2011 10:49:33 am

The jetty is super strong its been through cyclone and very little damage. Why on earth would we want another smaller scale Port Hinchinbrook here? Cyclone Yasi proved that such marinas do not provide a safe haven in extreme weather anyway. We don't need another marina! Fix the jetty and fix the pontoon at the boat ramp, and let's move on, we have more important things to bother the politicians about than useless unwanted and unsafe marinas.

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Mission Beach Naturally link
25/3/2011 11:59:52 am

Yes 'fedup with marinas' it's time to get up to date and realistic. It is the shame of the Councils' to have pandered to the fanciful environmental, cultural and scenic costly 'plan/s' as an excuse to neglect, and let run down, a very serviceable jetty.
A focus on what is 'needed' rather than 'wanted' would have seen an upgraded jetty reflecting the Mission Beach character well before now.
The jetty is still standing proud albiet battered despite three severe cyclones in 25 years. In fact, perhaps it should be nominated for heritage listing.

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Paul Toogood link
6/5/2011 12:58:55 pm

Hey guys, the jetty is fixed up already and has been for a while now!

I was fishing there with my boys at least a week ago and council had fixed it beautifully.

Caught a few fish and a squid and the boys ( 11 and 6yo ) and I had a ball.

Love the jetty and will be doing what I can to make sure if anything is coming up different that there is at least as much decent public access as the jetty gives us now!

Looking forward to when Council has the spare time to clear the Bingil Bay boat ramp from the boulders that have washed up after Yasi ... now there's a very decent bit of history for Mission Beach dating back to the Cutten Brothers ... let's save that too cos it makes it easy to put my little boat in and my boys boats in!

Cheers

Paul Toogood
Bingil Bay

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ray ban link
7/7/2011 02:55:36 pm

Love the jetty and will be doing what I can to make sure if anything is coming up different that there is at least as much decent public access as the jetty gives us now!

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MadKeenFisherman
20/12/2011 01:55:22 pm

As a recreational fisherman and small boat owner, I do not support the notion of a marina for Boat Bay.

Port Hinchinbrook has proved the futility of artificial and poorly located 'safe harbours' in the face of nature's fury. Additionally, the practicalities of maintaining all-tides access and managing silt buildup seem substantial. I already resent the potential for Port Hinchinbrook and its uninspired residents to become a weight on the public purse, considering it's limited contribution to public amenity and social/environmental cost.

I support economic growth and marine facilities, but only where they make strategic sense, and certainly not where they are non-sensical and lack broad-based community backing. How about a strategic plan for the Cassowary Coast to acknowledge the realitites with regards to marine infrastructure and plan for what can sensibly be done to improve economic opportunity without killing the golden goose.

You would not want your tax dollars spent on irrigating watermelon crops at Ayers Rock, so why develop a similarly implausible piece of economic infrastructure at Boat bay, besides another national tourist icon.

Think 100 years ahead and not about your own materialistic agenda. Now... back to planning my next fishing adventure!

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