Australia
HUNDREDS FLOCK TO PUBLIC RALLY AGAINST ADELAIDE SINKING
March 6, 2010
www.nbntv.com.au
More than 800 people opposed to the scuttling of the former
HMAS Adelaide have made their feelings clear at Avoca Beach.
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here.
You could push the button to sink the Ex-HMAS Adelaide!
March, 2010
www.star1045.com.au
32 years later….and the
Adelaide is about to call the Central Coast home for good… as a dive attraction and reef off Avoca!
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We’re not sunk yet say Adelaide scuttling opponents
March 5, 2010
express-advocate-wyong.whereilive.com.au
ORGANISERS of an Avoca Beach action group say they expect thousands of people to attend a rally tomorrow protesting against the scuttling of the ex-
HMAS Adelaide.
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here.
Divers wait
October 8, 2009
www.geelongadvertiser.com.au
DIVERS eager to scour the wreckage of
HMAS Canberra on the sandy floor of Bass Strait need not get too excited.
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here.
ex HMAS Canberra sinking
October 3, 2009
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Lake Macquarie's artificial reef is expanding, making it the largest in New South Wales
August 25, 2009
www.abc.net.au
In 2005, an artificial reef was built off Galgabba Point and since then up to 42 species of fish have been recorded in the area. The Department of Primary Industries says work is now underway expanding the reef, with more than 400 reef 'balls' being added to the existing 180.
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Concrete reef fish lure
June 17, 2009
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au
More than eight years after the proposal was raised, work started on placing
three artificial reefs in Port Phillip Bay last month. The reefs - Rec Reef,
Tedesco Reef (after the late television fishing presenter Neil Tedesco), and
Yakka Reef - are being built off Aspendale, Seaford and Frankston
respectively.
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here.
HMAS Adelaide plans "scuttled"
June 16, 2009
prodivecentralcoast.blogspot.com
Reading in the local paper this week, there is a SHORTFALL of $3 million
that is suspending the scuttling of the decommissioned HMAS Adelaide off
Terrigal.
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here.
The Summary: what did the Moreton Bay Marine Park Review achieve?
June 06, 2009
www.bayjournal.com.au
It took two years, a lot of research and equal amounts of hard bargaining
but we now have a new Moreton Bay Marine Park Zoning Plan that should
greatly increase the viability of the Bay. And it all came into operation
three months ago.
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here.
Pt Lonsdale warship sinking stoush
May 28, 2009
www.geelongadvertiser.com
THE sinking of HMAS Canberra as a dive wreck has been delayed after a stoush
over where best to scuttle the navy vessel.
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here.
Artificial reef takes shape at Merimbula
May 21, 2009
www.powerboat-world.com
The State’s fifth artificial reef will be installed this week providing
enhanced recreational fishing experiences for keen fishers, Minister for
Primary Industries Ian Macdonald announced today.
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here.
Reef monitoring to go high-tech
April 8, 2009
www.abc.net.au
Reef researchers will use artificial intelligence to better monitor and
understand the Great Barrier Reef. A new automated, smart sensor system has
been proposed to cover the whole reef, and it is hoped by the end of next
year, 10 sites will be operating between Cooktown and Gladstone.
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here.
U.S. WWII shipwreck found off Australia
March 31, 2009
www.reuters.com
The wreck of the first American ship sunk during World War II has been
located off Australia's southern coast, ocean researchers said on Wednesday.
The freighter
MS City of Rayville, carrying a cargo of lead, wool
and copper from South Australia to New York, hit a German mine and was lost
on November 8, 1940, a year before the United States entered the war.
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here.
ALP delivers Bay counterpunch
March 8, 2009
bayjournal.com.au
State Premier, Anna Bligh, stood with local members Michael Choi, John
English and Phil Weightman at Raby Bay yesterday to deliver a $35m
counterpunch to the Liberal National Party promise of better fishing
infrastructure last weekend.
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here.
Moreton Bay's revival gets underway
Queensland State Press Release
December 17, 2008
www.bayjournal.com.au
Recreational fishers will soon benefit from more fish on the bite as
construction begins yesterday on the first artificial reef promised as part
of the Bligh Government's $1 million trial artificial reef program.
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here.
Warship fires up Sharky's reef hopes
Steve Spinks
December 11, 2008
goldcoast.com.au
MARK Salter's plan for an artificial reef for scuba divers on the Gold Coast
has received a welcome boost. A warship suitable for the job could be
decommissioned from the Royal Australian Navy by 2012.
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here.
From warship to scuba wreckage: HMAS Tobruk
Steve Spinks
December 5, 2008
CYBER DIVER News Network
Mr Salter, aka 'Sharky', has been campaigning for years for an artificial
reef as a tourist attraction for scuba divers on the Gold Coast.
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here.
MORETON BAY PROTECTED FOR THE FUTURE
October 20, 2008
www.media-newswire.com
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and Sustainability Minister Andrew McNamara
today announced a massive expansion of the "green zones", in the Moreton Bay
Marine Park. Sixteen per cent of the Marine Park, which stretches 125km from
Caloundra to the Gold Coast Seaway, will be protected by green zones, up
from the current half a per cent.
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here.
More artificial reefs planned for Lake Macquarie
October 19, 2008
Ian Macdonald
www.powerboat-world.com
The NSW Government is looking to expand its artificial reefs program in Lake
Macquarie, following the success of six reefs which were placed in the lake
three years ago, Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald announced
today.
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here.