Sunday 4th November 2018 Departs Urangan 9:30 am returns 3:00 pm Starts and finishes at the Hervey Bay Boat Club, Urangan where parking is available. The price includes a sandwich lunch on board. Cost $100 per person (payment by cash only when boarding) (Includes a contribution to the Great Sandy Strait research program now being Continue reading
Impacts
The Colton Coalmine
From a personal perspective of the environmental impacts on and off the site. By John Sinclair AO Download the presentation: Eumundi Colton Presentation – John Sinclair
Volunteers Establish a New Nature Walk on Fraser Island
Media Release 28th February, 2016 Over the past week volunteers from the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation have worked to establish a new Nature Walk in the middle of Eurong to help people appreciate some of Fraser Island’s outstanding natural values. The 450 metre long walk that traces the path of a former sandblow was Continue reading
The Impact of Sandmining in Fraser Island’s Natural Integrity
By John Sinclair AO The 10th anniversary of FINIA at Dilli Village is also a reminder that it was just 39 years ago that sandmining ended on Fraser Island after churning up about 200 hectares if dunes on Fraser Island. Half the area was in the narrow coastal strip between North Spit and Dilli Village. Continue reading
Proposed Feasibility Study for a Fraser Island Light Rail
Proposed Feasibility Study for a Fraser Island Light Rail between Kingfisher and Eurong Resorts with stops at Lake McKenzie (Boorangoora) and Central Station 1st October 2015 Throughout its 44-year history FIDO has always operated on a shoe-string and we don’t intend to abandon our thrift ethic as a result of a very generous bequest made Continue reading
Light Rail Proposal 2015
The Case Fraser Island Light Rail Feasibility Study First drafted in 2004 and updated February 2015 Transportation on Fraser Island has long been a concern for FIDO. The increasing size of the buses has led to widening of the roads. This has led to loss of canopy, desiccation, and erosion in heavy rainfall events. FIDO Continue reading