Friends of Stradbroke Island

  Friends of Stradbroke Island Association Inc. PO Box 167  POINT LOOKOUT, Q 4183 ABN: 37 521 315 877 E: info@fosi.org.au 3rd July 2020 Comments on Naree Budjong Djara Draft Management Plan General Comments  • Friends of Stradbroke Island (FOSI) welcomes the opportunity to make comments on this draft management plan. FOSI is supportive of the partnership between QYAC and the Queensland government to manage the Naree Budjong Djara national park and associated protected areas on Minjerribah. We acknowledge that the Native Title determination of 2011 underpins this partnership and we believe that partnership with the Native Title holders is the appropriate way to ensure the best management and outcomes for Minjerribah, its environment, its people and their culture. • FOSI is generally supportive of the draft plan but does have concerns and suggestions about some aspects, as outlined below. We feel that the plan is quite general in its framing and would therefore like to be kept inform

Dear, Outrageous Toondah Harbour Development Proposal As someone who loves Moreton Bay, its foreshores and islands, I am contacting you to say that I strongly oppose the Toondah Harbour development at Cleveland, as proposed by Walker Corporation. It includes an astounding 3,600 high rise apartments, an hotel, a convention centre and a marina, and will cover an area of 67ha, including 49.5ha of tidal wetlands in Moreton Bay. This outrageous proposal will have devastating environmental impacts, including: • Destruction of Ramsar listed wetlands, a vital habitat for wader birds that migrate each year           to and from east Asia, including the critically endangered Eastern Curlew, the endangered              Bar-tailed Godwit and 18 other species of migratory birds that feed or roost in the Toondah           wetlands.  • Damage to mangroves that are important habitat for fish breeding and for crabs and other               marine invertebrates. • Removal or damage of mature trees

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In this issue Farewell Shorebirds The State of Cylinder Beach Book review of ‘A Nature Guide to North Stradbroke Island: Minjerribah’ Facebook Activities Farewell Shorebirds For the majority of the year Moreton Bay’s migratory shorebirds spend their time foraging on the bay’s mud and sand flats. Now, they are just starting to leave for warming Arctic climes where they breed annually. Great Knot with Bar-tailed Godwits on sand bank off Amity Point, Photo by Athol Klieve The bay provides crucial habitat for critically endangered Far Eastern Curlews and Great Knots and for vulnerable Bar-tailed Godwits, among other wader species. Moreton Bay’s environmental significance is to a large extent as a refuge for these remarkable migratory birds, who are now under severe threat from loss of habitat through coastal reclamation. So significant are these birds that a number of international agreements have been signed by Australia to protect them. Moreton Bay was declare