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Shirley E
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Location: Dagun
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 Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:28 am Post subject: 28/03/08 Don't Murray the Mary |
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| Ian Mackay wrote: | Murray-Darling Kayaker joins the fight to save the Mary
When, last year Steve Posselt set out on his epic by foot and kayak from Brisbane to Adelaide via the Murray-Darling, he entered a world of unknowns. For four months he paddled and walked, often dragging his wheeled kayak behind him as he wound his way through southern Queensland, western New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
Steve reached Adelaide at the end of September and is now turning his attention to the Mary River in south-east Queensland where, despite massive opposition, and in the absence of federal approval, the state government is forging ahead with plans to build the Traveston Crossing Dam.
But Steve’s “involvement” amounts to much more than lobbying or letter writing. On April 12, he and his kayak departed Brisbane for a five week trip which includes paddling the length of the Mary River.
Steve’s “Don’t Murray the Mary” trip will take him up the Brisbane River, across Wivenhoe Dam then across Somerset Dam on the Stanley River.
A gruelling walk with kayak will be necessary as he climbs out of the Stanley catchment near Woodford, up to Bellthorpe at the southern end of the Conondale Ranges and descends into the upper catchment of the Mary.
Steve’s message is plain. He can see the writing on the wall about climate change and its impact on our traditional methods of water supply and sees as sheer folly the addition of another dam when dams across Australia have been letting us down. When he adds Peak Oil to the equation, he just shakes his head at the wisdom of flooding good farming land near urban centres.
Steve plans to be at Traveston Crossing for the second anniversary of the government’s dam decision on April 27 before continuing downstream through Maryborough, the Great Sandy Straits in the lee of Fraser Island before paddling southward along the coast and back to Brisbane. The entire trip is estimated to take five weeks. |
Steve is no stranger to our fight with his first mention on this forum in May 2006. He also has QWC running scared.
Steve's presentations: http://travestonswamp.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3695
QWC: http://travestonswamp.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3732
Brisbane Launch: http://travestonswamp.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3740
More Press: http://travestonswamp.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3738
Kayak4Earth: http://www.kayak4earth.com/
Images: http://travestonswamp.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3727
Mary Catchment: http://travestonswamp.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3751
Flotilla pictures: http://travestonswamp.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3774
Please PM "Shirley E" and I will add additional comments on this topic by editing - to keep these in the right order. Index of Events: http://travestonswamp.info/forum/viewforum.php?f=18 |
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