FOMRE Media Release - 11.01.2010
MEDIA RELEASE
11 January 2010
HOLIDAYMAKERS COP DOUBLEWHAMMY
Holidaymakers at the small coastal resort of Guilderton were yesterday subjected to their fourth visitation by propagandists for and against the large housing development proposed for the South side of the Moore River Estuary.
20 volunteers for the Friends of Moore River Estuary (FOMRE) blanketed the town for the second time to visit every house and explain to those staying there the damage to their holiday life-style, which would result if the development were allowed to proceed.
At the same time holiday makers had also received visits from young men paid by the developer to hand out his fliers, which stated the advantages of the development and accused its opponents "of arrogance and hypocrisy - seeking to protect their own Shangri-La to the exclusion of others."
The Convenor of FOMRE, John Prince, was surprised at the developer's description of Guilderton as a 'Shangri-La'. It may have been true, he said, 20 years ago before the furore over the initial development plan in 1994 hit the headlines. Before then Guilderton could rightly have been called 'the best kept secret of the
The impact of an additional 6,000 people seeking to use an already crowded river for their recreation would force the introduction of restrictions far more severe than those recently gazetted by the Department of Marine safety, greatly reducing the recreational value of a beautiful stretch of water.
John Prince said that most people visited were eager to sign the parliamentary petition offered to them and so many asked for additional petition forms to take away, so that they could get their friends to sign them too, that the team almost ran out of forms.
FOMRE intends to carry on the publicity campaign until the government becomes aware how many ordinary West Australians enjoy the Moore River Estuary as their favourite holiday escape. Approving its destruction, John Prince observed, could have serious negative repercussions electorally.
For further information contact:
John Prince, 0400 081 024 or by E-mail princes1@aapt.net.au
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