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Suboptimisation: the tendency of engineers and designers to spend their time finding the very best way of doing something that shouldn’t be done at all, because they fail to consider the larger context, often with disasterous consequences.
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Photo's from AFTCRA showing proposed dam wall and turtle nesting sites
This pic shows the proposed approximate positioning of the dam wall (purple) and the water height when full (if ever we get the 10 year flood) with the blue grid. The tree at the top left (old fig tree) is where the proposed spillway will be in front of! (click image to enlarge)
The above photo was taken on Friday 13.4.07 at the precise spot that the proposed Mega-dam wall will disect the Mary River. On this day, Craig Latta and Bernie McAlister of AFTCRA Inc.(Australian Freshwater Turtle Conservation & Research Association) revisited the site and caught a sample population of turtles within a 30 minute period. We caught 8 Mary River turtles, 5 Krefft’s turtles and an adult pair of Saw-shelled turtles within that time frame! It is important to note that the sandy bank on the RHS in the background of the photo is one of 13 known Mary River turtle nesting sites that will be flooded! Seven definite Mary River turtle nesting banks have been identified between Moy Pocket and the Vic Olsen Bridge at Tuchekoi that will also be flooded!:- more
Twelve months on - Arkin Mackay
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Maps of areas affected by the dam
The Queensland Government has an information sheet which includes a detailed map of the area affected by the Dam proposal.
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