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THE TWEED Volume 2 #21 Thursday, February 4, 2010 JLC-=CJ;FM Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280 eV\Z. Fax: (02) 6672 4933 [email protected] [email protected] www.tweedecho.com.au LOCAL & INDEPENDENT Creek dolphins rescued Park tenants to be given a say Ken Sapwell said the Heritage stoush brought the non- notification of residents to a head. Residents of caravan parks and manufac- ‘I think everyone has the right to know tured home estates throughout the Tweed if a proposed development is going to affect will be informed of developments likely their lifestyle or amenity,’ he said. to impact on their lifestyle under long- ‘Caravan park residents should be just sought changes to council notification pro- as entitled as any other resident to know cedures. of anything which could impact on their The council has unanimously support- park.’ ed a push by Chinderah councillor Kevin The council has directed its staff to bring Skinner to include the shire’s estimated down a report showing how to change pro- 35,000-plus park home-owners in the com- cedures to ‘facilitate a more pro-active re- munity consultation process enjoyed by quirement for the council to advertise and other residents. directly notify the owners and residents’ of The radical policy shift will require staff the parks and estates. for the first time to include park residents in the notification process, forewarning them Council to act quickly of any major developments planned around Cr Skinner said he expected the council their homes or even in their parks. to act quickly to implement some system Park residents say the changes put them of notification, even if it was simply a re- on an equal footing as other home-owners quirement for park owners to display any in being able to object to anything which development application on a community may have a major impact on their amen- notice board. ity. ‘We haven’t yet worked out the most ef- Cr Skinner sought the changes after resi- ficient way of doing it yet but I expect some dents of the Tweed Heritage Caravan Park system in place in the near future. at Chinderah complained they had been Long-time tenants’ advocate and former left out of the loop about a nearby four-lot resident of the notorious Banora Point industrial subdivision which will create a Caravan Park, Len Hogg, welcomed the new road and destroy a natural waterway proposed changes. next to their park. ‘It’s a step in the right direction and I They say they were too late to question applaud it’, said Mr Hogg, who fears some Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation staff Erin King, left, and Emma Pearce help restrain a assertions contained in a report to the owners are gearing up to replace traditional distressed dolphin which was entangled in a net being used to herd it and another dolphin out of council, including a description of the wa- low-cost relocatable homes with upmarket Cudgen Creek on Tuesday. Photo Jeff Dawson terway, which is to be piped underground, housing previously not allowed in caravan as a drain despite it being identified in other parks. A rescue attempt on Tuesday morning to herd two The dolphin thrashed about in the net before documents as a natural waterway. ‘A lot of the residents are retired and often bottlenose dolphins out of Cudgen Creek which Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation divers As result the park owner was the only living on the pension so they are very anx- had been there for almost three weeks ended up brought it gently back to shore where it was hy- objector to the controversial development ious to preserve and protect their lifestyle as with one of them entangled in a net used to try and drated and kept calm. which some fear could be the thin edge of well as the parks they live in. shift them out. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), a wedge to turn the area around their park ‘They don’t want to be booted out by The adult, male inshore bottlenose dolphin, which which led the rescue attempt, had been monitoring into a giant industrial estate. owners who think they will be allowed to had made the deeper tidal waters under Cudgen the pod of dolphins, believed to number up to three Cr Skinner, who is surrounded by six redefine the concept of manufactured park Creek bridge home since mid January, was trapped or four at one stage, which had been unwilling to parks providing low-cost housing for up to estates by turning them into upmarket gat- in the net around 11.30am (DST). continued on page 2 2500 residents in Chinderah and Kingscliff, ed communities filled with luxury villas.’ THE GOOD GUYS TWEED HEADS SOUTH SAMSUNG 395LT FRIDGE (SR394NW) UÊÀÃÌÊÀii UÊ->viÌÞÊ>ÃÃÊ- iÛià WAS $837 – SAVE $140 UÊÓÊÞi>ÀÊÜ>ÀÀ>ÌÞ NOW $697 PAY LESS PAY CASH CNR SHALLOW BAY DRIVE & MINJUNGBAL DRIVE HOMEMART ON THE TWEED äÇÊxxÓ{Ê{{{{ÊUÊwww.thegoodguys.com.au <echowebsection=LocalNOW News> Local News $1200 FREE New K’cliff boardwalk not so popular Luis Feliu home insulation package This includes owners, occupiers, rentals and investors Residents of waterfront Take advantage of the $1200 free insulation apartments next to the new before it is discontinued altogether. boardwalk/cycleway along Call Chelsea at Cudgen Creek in Kingscliff SKYLINE INTERIORS P/L have enjoyed a huge improve- on 0414 753 453 ment to their lifestyle that the or 6677 1189 $828,000 facility has provided since it opened just before We are your local insulation company, please support us. Christmas, but it has come at a cost. Owners of some of the buildings have private pon- toons off the boardwalk which have become popular with Dr Rod Whitehead youngsters and adults alike BScHon (Canada), BDSc (QLD) who use them for sunbaking, • New ownership as of July 1st - Dr Rod Whitehead diving and jumping off. • Cosmeti c Soluti ons you can trust The three pontoons are • Modern, relaxed, biocompati ble denti stry accessible to apartment resi- • ‘On the spot’ bulk billing for EPC pati ents dents, and everyone else, via • ‘On the day’ emergency appointments a gate from the boardwalk but people using the estuary for Dr Brian Tracey working Fridays swimming and boating can The privately-owned pontoons off the new boardwalk along the Cudgen Creek estuary at south 7/14 Middleton Street, Byron Bay • 02 6680 7774 simply swim up to the pon- Kingscliff are proving popular for many who use them for diving off or sunbaking, but nearby toons. residents are not amused. Photo Luis Feliu Resident Sophia Fudala, Eyeballs who has rented an apartment pontoon most of day. The gate get any peace now,’ she said. walk steps to access the estuary there for seven years, said ‘we was later retrieved from the ‘Adults and kids even ac- said he couldn’t see a problem on pages... had no problems before the river by a resident but could cess the boardwalk by coming with swimmers in the estuary boardwalk was built, now we not be fixed. down through our apartment using the pontoons to rest or With such a want our pontoon to go, even Another gate leading to blocks from Hungerford Lane, sunbake but could understand dedicated though we loved it, it is caus- the pontoon which had been they even use our (outdoor) the residents’ frustration and readership, ing too many problems’. chained up by residents had showers. conceded safety could be an The Echo is the Australia Day, Ms Fudala all its bars ripped out because ‘If there’s an accident on issue. more eff ective way to said, was the last straw after a it could not be detached by those pontoons, the owner is The 300-metre-long board- reach your customers. For group of youngsters ripped off pontoon users. liable for anything that hap- walk connects with exist- advertising enquiries please the gate leading to her apart- ‘There’s so much noise from pens. I’ve warned the kids ing boardwalks and paths at call 02 6672 2280 or email ment block and used the pri- them, skateboard riders ride jumping off but they ignored Clough Lane and Marine Pa- [email protected] vate property and the privat- up and down at six in he morn- me so we’re fighting a losing rade, making it easy to walk ing, there’s barking dogs, kids battle here,’ Ms Fudala said. or ride from Salt at South yelling and screaming, we don’t A visitor using the board- Kings cliff. SCU researcher seeks oral histories Older people living from paper based in Rosebank near While there were some trag- Tweed Heads to Kyogle who Bangalow. edies from explosions, many can share their memories of ‘I came across all of these of the designs were innovative the region’s early history are older people who had fasci- and worked quite well.’ being urged to take part in nating stories to tell,’ she said. She said that a lot of people an oral history study of the ‘Many of the stories around also had great ‘flood stories’ region. people’s experiences during to tell. Southern Cross University the Great Depression and in Theresa would like to gath- (SCU) researcher Theresa Ma- times of war were particularly er as many oral histories as son has embarked on her PhD interesting. she can and is seeking 50 peo- research project – an oral his- ‘People who lived on the ple aged 65 and over, living tory of the Northern Rivers land told me how it became in the Tweed, Byron, Ballina, – and already has a range of essential for them to learn how Lismore, Richmond Valley stories from her earlier Hon- to make their own fuel, and all and Kyogle Shire areas, who ours project.