best map I could find showing the location of the port - looks to be about 5K south of Coronations.
www.transport.wa.gov.au/mediaFiles/regional_oakajee_geraldton.pdf
only 110 posts so im defo a real windsurfer. GWC did more than enough. Id personally rather accept noble defeat and go windsurfing at the next beach than chain myself up in front of a bulldozer like some uncompromising wannabe windsurf martyr.
Sounds like good progress, but What's wrong with hauling in to the wharf in Geraldton? Not sure if this sounds like it really will be done - the promo is not totally believable.
Doug
Comet Bay
The Geraldton port has just been upgraded with
shipping channel COSTING $$$$$ A NEW New Railway
New ship loader ,,,,etc
2 new huge sheds are being built at the Geraldton wharf a 3 on the way ????
Pluss all the area around pointmore could be used for more storage of product.
There is a couple of New players KARA approved AND THE EXPANSION OF stage to wells range.
OK
Barnett on radio this morning has just now refused to do anything about assisting infastructure to increase product with the existing geraldton port and said every cent will be spent to get Oakagee up and running.
REALLY WHY ..............whats up ?
Thats great BANKABLE STUDY HAS ESTIMATED IT TO BE
4.37 billion oh plus of minus 15%
Sorry this is a project for the top end of town and china
aND THERE will be some HUGE WINNER $$$$ AND MASSIVE LOOSERS $$$$$
Most importantly at the cost of the people whom have the wisdom and real knowlegge of the area ,people whom have riden its waves , felt and Know the swell surge ,and seen it flood and fished the zone.
4.37 BILLION .................MMMMMMMMMM AND THE ALLOCATION FOR Geraldton direct and for say COASTAL
Rehab ....................is i.e replacement wave ?
Huge project ok long term positive project ,but as was pointed out 10 years ago ........ wrong location ....its the best bit of coast for offshore reefs and swell.
sorry Mr barnett you failed with Kingstream now you going to just trying to prove a point .
Your paying W.A tax payers
Bring on a new 4.37 Billion dollar left and right hander
King of the point take a stand for this and we all willl vote for you! dont let em take over our beaches son!
Cranky ..............your right ........its , massive ,messy and distructive but hey
GO BIG or go home oh well ,,, to bad ,,,The next generation will we dealing with it.
And that aint going to be a world class Recreational /windsurfing / boating fishing location.
Would have been nice with a house up that way.
But hey 100,000 POPUTATION in 50 Years can live inland MT Magnet Way over summer .
The wave potential and swell out come will be judge and delivered back to us by god and hue ........ 500m dragon spitting, surfing barrel , fingers crossed
The fear with expanding the Gero port to much is that as they already have the infrastructure in place then maybe they would look a little closer at their mid 90's feasibility study into building the deep water port off Point Moore, never you say!
My money is on the average non ocean going Geraldtonian not caring either way as long as they get a K mart, Big W a couple more maccas, another cinema and a bigger beer garden at the speedway.
What a work of art ,,,,these cnts are going to distroy it and we have to suffer it in the name of progess,,,what would they say if i cut up picasso,s best work and threw acid over rembrants best work,TNT on the leaning tower of pizo and fininsh off guy faulks work...Dinosaures and dingos were shtting and shagging at Oakagee long befor these money hungry cnts stepped in.As watermun we are the greatest humblest no whats best for our future,than the average 4cent off petrol docket ,buy 2 for the price of 1..................Its not over yet we can save this spot if we stick our heads together and show these money hungrey bsds that this is much much more than a piccaso.Its a innocent spot without a union to protect it.
Gee Westhammer. You certainly sound like the right guy to handle the diplomatic side of it.
Have you offered your services to the GWC?
As I said $ rules ..f..k the long term consequences.maybe if the pollies lived for 1000 years their policies might take the future a bit more seriously..[}:)]
Naahh. In a thousand years all the iron ore and uranium and dilithium crystals will have been mined out years before.
The port will have eroded to a pile rocks and can be bulldozed back into the ocean to make some wicked reef breaks from spot X up to south coros.
It's all good Bob.