Hello from Dunk Island,

I am over here for big son Martin’s 40 birthday party:  Martin has leased the old resort for the party. It is rather sad to look around and see the old resort all but deserted. It is a beautiful sunny day and sitting here looking out at Brammo Bay you could almost think that nothing had changed.  The infrastructure of the resort appears sound and the charm of the plantation style design is fitting within the green surrounds. 

Media release by Alliance to Save Hinchinbrook (ASH) supported by members of the Cassowary Coast Alliance.

On the dubious basis that "Mr Katter insists there is no safe harbour for boaties between Cairns and Townsville", Wayne Swan has apparently bypassed all state and commonwealth legal, planning and approval processes.

He has given away $5.5m of Australian taxpayers' money for a boat harbour which can never be all-weather safe, on the cyclone-exposed Clump Point on the Cassowary Coast, a development idea for which there is not even an Application.

 Queensland Conservation (QCC) has welcomed the recommendations of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, handed down in St Petersburg overnight.

‘UNESCO has given the Australian Government a clear warning about its concerns for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.’ said Queensland Conservation Executive Director, Toby Hutcheon.