Proud Mary - Kandanga to Traveston

[hairymick]

Paddled another section of our Mary yesterday.

Put in was at a farm near Kandanga

Before long lots of others started turning up.

Landscape

more shortly

 

[hairymick]

Legend!!

Every man and his dog was there!

The start of something beautiful

Even the odd Viking was there

Water fight

A real family affiar

more soon.

 

[Ozark]

Looks like a beautiful place to paddle Mick.

 

[bearridge]

Friend Mick,

The "before" 'n the "after" pichurs wuz both swell. What stylish hats! What a fine turnout ta help save a river! Good on all ya'll. :wink:

most respectfully
bearridge

ps Ya done good on them landscapes too. I bet one 'er two of 'em wuz nurses.....mebbe with a good tumblin' routine? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :roll:

My wife is such a bad cook, in my house we pray after the meal. Rodney Dangerfield

 

[a Bald Cypress]

m

Mick,
Are the pics you are posting a part of the river that will be flooded if the damn dam is built?.

If so, it will be a tragic loss. Those pics of the area should be in every store window and on the front page of every paper until the damn dam is no longer considered.

 

[hairymick]

G'day, and thanks guys,

I need to be a little careful on what I say here from now on.

The piccies were taken of part of the river both above and below the proposed dam wall. The one where the little meeting was on the sand bar was where the wall will be built if it gets federal approval.

The dam wall will be so high, and rainfall in this area so unreliable with the capacity of the dam itself being huge that many experts believe that it will never fill. If this is the case, then the area below the wall will not flow at all except from smaller feeder creeks further down stream.

This has ramifications further down stream in that the Mary River is the only fresh water feeder that flows into the Great Sandy Straights a Ramsar protected, and world heritage listed wetland and marine reserve.

The lost of rare and endangered species of fish, amphibians and other marine life that are endemic to this river system is allmost certainly ensured. all the scientists who were heads of department and in charge of the water boards running this thing and who were against this dam from the outset have been replaced with others who have no expertise in this field.

The list goes on and on.

More shortly

 

[oldsparkey]

Just grasping at straws here folks to see who can help... The more folks that know about it the better. My bet is that they have no idea about what is going on..........
I could not locate a direct link to World Heritage but did locate these which are affiliated with them.

Related Organizations
UNESCO Culture Sector

1, rue Miollis
75352 Paris, Cedex 15, France
tel: +33-1-45 68 37 56
fax: +33-1-45 68 55 96
http://www.unesco.org/culture
UNESCO Division of Ecological Sciences, Natural Sciences Sector

1, rue Miollis
75352 Paris, Cedex 15, France
tel: +33-1-45 68 40 67
fax: +33-1-45 68 58 04
Man and Biosphere Programme
E-mail : [email protected]
http://www.unesco.org/mab

This one would be good to preserve the heratige of the area.......
ICCROM: The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Via di San Michele 13
I-00153 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 06-585 531
Fax: +39 06-5855 3349
E-Mail : [email protected]
http://www.iccrom.org

ICOMOS: International Council on Monuments and Sites
49-51, rue de la Fédération
75015 Paris, France
Tel: +33-1-45 67 67 70
Fax: +33-1-45 66 06 22
E-mail : [email protected]
http://www.icomos.org

IUCN: The World Conservation Union
rue Mauverney 28
CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-999 0001
Fax: +41-22-999 0010
E-Mail : [email protected]
http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/wherita ... eindex.htm

NWHF Nordic World Heritage Foundation

Fridtjof Nansens plass 4
N-0160 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47-24-14-01-09
Fax: +47-24-14-01-01
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.nwhf.no

German World Heritage Foundation
Postfach 40 18 05
80718 München, Germany
Tel: +49-89-30765101
Fax: +49-89-30765102
E-Mail: [email protected]
http://www.welterbestiftung.de/

OWHC: The Organization of World Heritage Cities
56 Rue Saint-Pierre
Quebec G1K 4A1 Canada
Tel: +1-418-692 0000
Fax: +1-418-692 5558
E-mail : [email protected]
http://www.ovpm.org

UNEP-WCMC: The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
219 Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB30DL United Kingdom
tel: +44-1223 277 314
fax: +44-1223-277 136
E-mail : [email protected]
http://www.unep-wcmc.org

I'm thinking of starting a separate thread to let any and all information out to the world about this , Something I can do and no one can do anything about it since I'm not under any form of Australian Government Control , or anyone else's as far as that goes and neither are you folks outside of Austrailia.

Chuck.

 

[hairymick]

Chuck,

Thank you my friend,

most humbly,

mick

 

[Ozark]

Does the Mary's river run through Queensland Mick?

 

[bearridge]

Mick,

I jest sent an email ta the executive director of American Whitewater. I tole him the Mary River aint big time whitewater, but it haz a few fine lookin' Class II rapids that likely git tougher in high water. I asked him if there wuz anythin' they kin do ta help some Aussie Davids havin' a go at an Aussie Goliath. Then I figgered time wuz short. Mebbe ya oughta pass these links on ta that fella in the yellow kayak? Both organizations fight this fight all year long.

American Canoe Association http://www.americancanoe.org/getgo/getinvolved.lasso

American Whitewater Association
http://www.americanwhitewater.org/

regards
bearridge

ps How bout these blokes? http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/outback/weir/

I signed that turtle petition.

If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a right to abolish an old government and establish a new one. This principle is not only recorded in every public archive, written in every American heart, and sealed with the blood of a host of American martyrs, but is the only lawful tenure by which the United States hold their existence as a nation. James Madison

 

[oldsparkey]

Bear...

Fer ya information and anyone else .... On the back channel's there has been a Lot's of folks joining in this. The snowball is getting bigger.

Give me a day or so and then we will have a edited post on here with a click on link ( just copy and then paste it when you contact your local news station so they can have instant acess to this information ) you can send to your local news station and if they want to tell the world , then they can.

My understanding is that some of the local folks ( Down Under ) are getting a little heat from this ( makes me think we have hit a nerve) but since I don't live or work in Australia ..... Nut's to there slimmy , care less , government.

It's time for us to take the heat off of our Brothers and Sisters in the land of OZ. You and I need to step forward since there is nothing they can do to us.

Chuck.

 

[Ozark]

Keep me in the link Chuck we lost the White river here in the Ozarks. The best farms And the best river here. Doesn't need to happen to those folks.

 

[Jimmy W]

The Nature Conservancy Australia Program
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/asiapacific/australia/strategies/

Sierra Club International Committee
http://www.sierraclub.org/international/committee/

There are contact links at each of those pages.

 

[hairymick]

I have just finished reading all the posts from all you good people. If we can get this snow ball rolling and bring this travesty to the light of day in not only the Land of Oz but in your part of the world and others, we just might put a stop to what I believe will be a huge waste of time & money, not to mention the human cost. This ill thought out plan to dam this mighty river has already taken the lives of good honest, hard working folk. Please guys do what you can to spread the word about this damn dam.
Bless you all
Mizz Robin

 

[bearridge]

Miz Robin,

The way I see it, yer politikle folk dont give a rats hindquarter when somebody frum the USA complains bout a Aussie turtle 'er river, but stories in the Aussie news bout how folks frum all over the world iz behind the local folks who aim ta save this river will put more heat on 'em ta avoid blame. That iz the first rule of guviment....avoid blame.

All the paddlin'/fishin'/campin'/turtle lovin' folks iz agin the dam. It iz all the other folks who aint really give it much thought ya'll gotta reach. News dont cover a story but once.....cuz after that it aint new no more. However, unforseen world wide interest in this fine downunder river oughta git back in the news 'n make some folks wonder? That iz half the battle.

I got a caution. How everbody behaves makes a heap a difference. If we act like the Petaphiles (throwin' blood on folks, botherin' hunters, breakin' down the doors 'n turnin' chimps loose, etc) or use too much hard talk bout evil guviment folks, the folks who need ta think 'n join up with us, mite jest change the channel....'n watch rasslin'.

my three cents (US) worth
bearridge

ps I hate ta put all the eggs in the turtle basket. Some folks likely quit listenin' when they figger worryin' bout a turtle iz a bit queer. The reglar outdoor folks who aint too worried bout that turtle need ta join up....same fer the fishermen (fisherwomen too), ranchers 'n cowboys, rite? How bout all the landscape pichur takin' folks? :wink:

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. Fran Lebowitz

 

[oldsparkey]

Some new information ..................

Here is a link to a letter written by a FORMER Environmental Protection Agency Boss who stood up and was against this dam publicly.
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7230

petition
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/sav ... trait.html

Chuck.