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February 14 NEWS: Proposed Modification to Shell Cove Boatharbour Marina ProjectPlease Click on the Thumbnail below to view the Full Sized Letter.
 December 07 Submission to Review of Shellharbour Council by the Minister for Local Government from SPACE (Shellharbour Peoples Association for Conservation and the Environment)
Russell Hannah Mairi Petersen Rudy Van Drie On behalf of SPACE - PO Box A125, Shellharbour 2529November 14 SPACE Letter to Matt BrownSPACE (Shellharbour Peoples’ Association for Conservation and the Environment) PO Box A125 Shellharbour NSW 2529
Mr Matt Brown MPMember for Kiama Terralong St KIAMA 2533.
Dear Mr. Brown
I noticed in the press that the NSW State Cabinet would be visiting our area and meeting in Kiama on November 28th 2005.
I am enclosing copies of two letters which we have sent recently to both Minister Frank Sartor and Minister Bob Debus outlining our concerns with regard to the proposed Shellharbour Marina and seeking a deputation to them on this matter.
Obviously, it would be excellent for all parties if we were able to meet with both Ministers when they are visiting the area. I spoke with your Secretary Carol yesterday and she asked me to put our request to meet with the Ministers in writing and that you would then forward our request onto the Ministers concerned.
You are most probably aware of the issue of the proposed Shellharbour Marina, and also aware of the opposition within both the Shellharbour and wider community to this project. It is now ten years since the Commission of Inquiry recommended to the Government that the project could go ahead. However, community and indeed government attitudes to coastal development have changed, and we would like to discuss this important matter with the relevant Ministers again.
We therefore request that you ask the Ministers to meet with a deputation from us when they visit our area on November 28th.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Mairi Petersen Email: mairigeorgep@bigpond.com.au November 03 SPACE Meeting on TuesdayThe next SPACE meeting will be held on Tuesday at 7:30pm on the 8th of November and will be take place at the Shellharbour Public School Library. All welcome! October 11 Yahoo! Group launch.I'm happy to announce that SPACE now has another site, featuring higher interactivity and greater tools for all our communicative ease.
You'll find it here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/s_p_a_c_e/
I've just finished uploading the minutes from the previous meeting; you'll find them in the 'files' section. It will be constantly updated with articles, letters, actions, updates, events, polls, photos etc. Please feel free to contribute!
Safety in Salt Marshes,
Your Web Moderator, Thom. September 28 Space Walkers Take Flight
September 23 Upcoming Meeting & Morning Tea SPACE
(Shellharbour Peoples' Association for
Conservation and the Environment)
PO BOX A 125
Shellharbour, NSW, 2529
Join us for Morning Tea by the Beach
When: Next Tuesday, the 27th of September at 10am
Where: Meet at 51 Boollwarroo Pde (Mairi's Place)
Why: A social gathering to meet other people who feel that the destruction of South Shellharbour Beach should be opposed every step of the way. Can you think of any other place in Australia where this would even be contemplated? We'll take a short walk on the Beach Side and look at where the proposed Marina will cut through the beach.
Shellharbour Council is claiming only 90 metres of the beach will be lost. We'll have the plans there: you be the judge. SPACE MEETING
Tuesday night 27th September
Shellharbour Public School Library
at 7:30pm
Help formulate future plans.
Everybody Welcome!
Regards, Russell, Mairi and John.
Please let Mairi or Russell know if you are coming.
Mairi - ph: 42962339
Russell - ph: 42971777 e: bigruss@1earth.net
Alternatively, email NSM e: noshellharbourmarina@hotmail.com
'SPACE' press releaseSPACE
(Shellharbour Peoples' Association for
Conservation and the Environment)
PO BOX A 125
Shellharbour, NSW, 2529
Group Reactivates to Save Shellharbour South Beach
Recent developments relating to the Shellharbour Marina have resulted in SPACE (Shellharbour Peoples' Association for Conservation and the Environment) deciding to reinvigorate itself.
A spokesperson for the group, Russell Hannah, said that for some time now many people had believed that the boat harbour part of the development was not financially feasible and would never go ahead. Recent statements in the media indicate that the reality of the Marina is still firmly fixed in the minds of some of our councillors and senior council officers. On their part it is an act of faith rather than rationality.
The proposal for the Marina has been around since 1984, a time of high unemployment. This fact was used to support what is likely to be an environmental, ecological and financial disaster in 2006 and beyond.
Mr Hannah said that the new golf course is a clear example of the incompetence with which the scheme has been bedevilled. We have lost a perfectly good local golf course, that was popular with local players, was built largely by local volunteers and acted as a green belt between the Shellharbour Village and Shellcove. It has been destroyed and replaced by a course that most locals can't play on, that was grossly over budget, has severe design faults and that ratepayers have to subsidise by thousands of dollars a month just to keep it operating.
If the Golf Course continues to be a white elephant then many people are worried that it too will be turned into a housing development.
The cost of building the Marina is now estimated to be $100 million, which will of course be paid for from ratepayers' money. After spending over $163 million on the development so far, the surplus is under $2 million. As of the beginning of May, over 1100 blocks had been sold which represents about 38% of the total to be developed. The money derived from the sale of land (all owned by ratepayers) should be ploughed back into community facilities. $100 million would go a long way to an aquatic centre and other facilities that all residents can have access to.
The worst feature of the development, Mr Hannah said, was the damage it will do to Shellharbour South Beach. One third of it will be taken for the Marina Mouth and there is no guarantee that the rest of the beach will not be destroyed.
It is now over 20 years since the development was conceived and ten years since the Commission of Enquiry. Times have changed. The development of Shell Cove Estate and the 1200 houses already built there, as well as the developments in Flinders and Albion Park means there is even more pressure on our beaches. We can ill afford to lose any of them.
Mr Hannah concluded by saying that SPACE will be concentrating on informing the public about the problems associated with this development. The first sod has not been turned, he said, so it is not, as many people would have you believe, a 'done deal'. Public Opinion is a powerful weapon and we will be seeking to harness it in our campaign to preserve South Shellharbour Beach.
Further information;
Russell Hannah
email: bigruss@1earth.net September 09 Shellharbour City Council article on outcome of Land & Environment Court Case
May 24 Shell Cove Marina Plan Back to CourtTaken directly from BlackGreenSolidarity
[ see the article in original context here ] May 03 'No Shellharbour Marina' e-mailing list
Evicted... again.
14 new photos of Shellharbour South Beach and the surrounding wetlands uploaded today. April 18 Updates for 'No Shellharbour Marina'Upcoming Updates:
April 17 Contact Us
the marina itself can never have an entrance across the beach"...although Shellharbour Council has the upper hand in the sense that it can build sub-divided hillside houses, the marina itself can never have an entrance across the beach because that's Crown land and that's part of the native title claim." [see "Shellharbour's Marine Quandary" in related readings] |
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