Draining the mangroves.
Much of Moreton Bay which stretches from Caloundra (in the north) to Southport (in the..ah, south) of South East Queensland is fringed by mangroves. These form an important part of the ecology and environment of the area supporting everything from bird nesting grounds to better water quality in the bay and breeding grounds for many marine creatures. They are also under constant threat, especially from developers. They never seem to stop putting pressure on governments and the community to support and embrace the modification or destruction of the environment to build more luxury housing, commercial sites, marinas, you name it. Just a little bit more or this won't hurt much, we guarantee we won't kill off the environment or muddy the waters (yeah, right!) - it's often the thin edge of the wedge. And this is despite many areas being set aside as protected as part of the Bay's marine park.
Little old Nudgee Beach that is mentioned now and then in my photo stream as well as others has quite a lot of mangroves and they add immensely to the wonderful photography that is conducted on its shores. This is only a phone shot we took some time back of one of the small creeks that drain the area near the dog park. The Beach itself often feels like it gets a bit of a negative wrap because of the colour of the sand, but it isn't supposed to be the Gold Coast, just an inner bay marine environment where the sand is permanently discoloured by silt which flows from the Brisbane River. You can see that discolouration in the sand in this photo. It's only a couple more kilometres either way that the silt effect washes out but just think of all the important things that go on within this environment.
Draining the mangroves.
Much of Moreton Bay which stretches from Caloundra (in the north) to Southport (in the..ah, south) of South East Queensland is fringed by mangroves. These form an important part of the ecology and environment of the area supporting everything from bird nesting grounds to better water quality in the bay and breeding grounds for many marine creatures. They are also under constant threat, especially from developers. They never seem to stop putting pressure on governments and the community to support and embrace the modification or destruction of the environment to build more luxury housing, commercial sites, marinas, you name it. Just a little bit more or this won't hurt much, we guarantee we won't kill off the environment or muddy the waters (yeah, right!) - it's often the thin edge of the wedge. And this is despite many areas being set aside as protected as part of the Bay's marine park.
Little old Nudgee Beach that is mentioned now and then in my photo stream as well as others has quite a lot of mangroves and they add immensely to the wonderful photography that is conducted on its shores. This is only a phone shot we took some time back of one of the small creeks that drain the area near the dog park. The Beach itself often feels like it gets a bit of a negative wrap because of the colour of the sand, but it isn't supposed to be the Gold Coast, just an inner bay marine environment where the sand is permanently discoloured by silt which flows from the Brisbane River. You can see that discolouration in the sand in this photo. It's only a couple more kilometres either way that the silt effect washes out but just think of all the important things that go on within this environment.