BACKGROUND TO KURANDA’S NEED TO BE A DIVISION OF THE MAREEBA SHIRE COUNCIL TO ENABLE IT TO HAVE A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL Kuranda is a highly successful tourist town (Village in the Rainforest) in the Mareeba Shire. It is also in and adjacent to the WTWHA. We live on properties that carry the values
On Saturday 24th November 2018, Kuranda community gathered under Queen Maggie's tree in the park to get the latest updates on the KUR-World draft EIS process, details of the development itself and how it will severely impinge on community values, water, infrastructure, roads, absurd helicopter traffic and the critical cassowary wildlife corridor that runs
On Saturday 24th November 2018, Kuranda community gathered under Queen Maggie's tree in the park to get the latest updates on the KUR-World draft EIS process, details of the development itself and how it will severely impinge on community values, water, infrastructure, roads, absurd helicopter traffic and the critical cassowary wildlife corridor that runs
DATE: 28 October 2018 KUR-ALERT: Peaceful Direct Action in Kuranda - KUR-World / KUR-Cow Open Day Kuranda residents turned out along the roadside at Myola to object to the KUR-World project as buses and private cars made their way to the property for the Open Day today.
DATE: 30 September 2018 KUR-ALERT: Rally Wednesday 26 September - peaceful direct action stopped the KUR-Cow bus! Wednesday morning was a great example of participatory democracy! Residents and tourists alike say a firm ’NO’ to the urbanisation of the Myola Valley. Thank You to all who turned up early on a week day to engage in Peaceful
Please read the background information below and fill in the questionnaire. When you click the SUBMIT button your digital submission will be sent to the following agencies: Mareeba Shire Councillors Craig Crawford MP, Member for Barron River Warren Entsch MP, Member for Leichhardt Cameron Dick MP, Minister for Local Government and Planning Leeanne Enoch MP,
The drone video (below) can be used in conjunction with the map (under) to give a visual guide to the quality of remnant Wet Tropics rainforest scheduled for clearing to allow road, water and other infrastructure access to the Myola Valley - the site of Reever and Ocean's residential subdivision development. This forest is Cassowary
DATE: 7 March 2018 MEDIA RELEASE TO: MEDIA LIST Globally-distinguished biologist: protecting the Myola Valley is "vital" The Kuranda community is mobilising to find a suitable conservation buyer for the controversial ‘Barnwell Estate’, in the event the Macao-based developer loses interest and wishes to on-sell the rural-zoned land at a fair price. Several letters of support
DATE: 27 February 2018 TO: Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning tropicalnorthqld@dsd.qld.gov.au Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment: 10 Feb 2017 - 11 Dec 2017 Curtis Pitt - Mulgrave@parliament.qld.gov.au Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry Development and Minister for the Commonwealth Games: 12 Dec 2017 Kate Jones - cooper@parliament.qld.gov.au,
DATE: 4 February 2018 TO: Our wide brown land Support our new series that shines the spotlight on Australia’s neglected environmental issues Help us to move these issues up the public agenda and challenge governments to do more https://contribute.theguardian.com/uk?countryGroup=au&INTCMP=aus_environment_campaign_2018 Hi WBL Team, We would like to submit our local case in Kuranda to your
