GMA Public Meeting

Tell Everyone About It!

The next campaign public meeting for the Greater Mary Association will be held this coming Monday (February 18th) at the Maryborough Town Hall, commencing at 7.30pm.

It should be an informative night. As well as updating everyone on GMA activities, we will also be welcoming Chair of the Save the Mary River Coordinating Group, Kevin Ingersole, and other key campaigners, to speak about the Save the Mary campaign and plans for the future. They will be more than happy to answer any of your questions and to hear your concerns. So please come along. We’d love to see you there!

For more information email the GMA - greatermary@gmail.com

Market Stalls, Environmental Displays, Children's Tent

Singing and Drumming Workshops, Music, Green Tent,

Food, Buskers, Global Village and more ...

Headlining Band 'Wild Marmalade' (from Byron Bay) at 7.30 pm

For more information contact Vicki Shapcott 5482 7535

or Joolie Gibbs 5481 0733

Australia Day - Celebrating our Beach Lifestyle

This year as Fraser Coast residents and visitors celebrated their national day, it was also a chance to rally support to protect our coastal environment and inform the community about the threat it now faces.

Members of the Greater mary Association (GMA) joined forces with Trevor the Mary River Turtle and bikini clad teenagers at a stall in Urangan's Pier Park on Saturday evening to provide the community with information and the opportunity to voice their concerns about the proposed Traveston Crossing Dam.

It was the first Fraser Coast appearance of the 'NO DAM' bikini (supplied by the Save the Mary River Coordinating Group) which proved to be an ideal symbol for the Hervey Bay campaign, representing our coastal lifestyle and helping to reinforce the very real connection between the proposed dam and the future of our seaside community. Thanks Chantelle and Sam for showing them off so well and getting so many submissions signed in the process!

The event was a chance to gather more submissions and letters to forward to the Federal Environment Minister, amongst others, in response to the Environmental Impact Statement released by QWI late last year. Although the deadline for submissions to the Coordinator General closed on the 14th, there will be no stopping the flood of comment that will continue to be produced and posted to the Federal and State Governments until the dam proposal is squashed once and for all.