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She's Arrived!

12/4/2013

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The Rainbow Warrior 3 sails in to Nelly Bay (Photo taken from The Strand by Vivienne Weiss, Friday 12 April)
With great excitement, locals on Magnetic Island welcomed Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior 3! 

She is presently anchored just off Bright Point at Nelly Bay. Come on down and celebrate this exciting event and support the protection of our great Great Barrier Reef - our opportunities to save it are running out.

Tomorrow (Saturday 13), 180 (pre-booked) locals will have the privilege of being taken onboard for a tour. Tomorrow will also provide a great opportunity for locals to meet and talk with the crew, and perhaps even Captain Peter Willcox*, at Nelly Bay terminal between 9am and 4pm. There will be an information display at Nelly Bay terminal, focusing on the current campaign to protect the Great Barrier Reef from the proposed massive expansion of the coal industry, which threatens the reef directly through the development of ports and, indirectly, through climate change.

* Peter Willcox, captain of the ship, was also the captain of the original vessel which was sabotaged and sunk in New Zealand in 1985.


Click here for more info and live updates from Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior.

Click here to watch live webcam of the Rainbow Warrior.

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www.greenpeace.org/australia
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Rainbow Warrior to Visit Magnetic Island from Friday

11/4/2013

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Come Friday, Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior 3 will be sitting at anchor about 2 nautical miles off Nelly Bay!

On Saturday (13 April) a pre-booked 180 locals will be taken out from the Nelly Bay terminal for a 20 minute tour of the boat. 

Other interested locals will also be able to meet and talk to members of the crew and Greenpeace at the Nelly Bay terminal between 9am and 4pm on Saturday where a display including current campaign info to protect the Great Barrier Reef from the expansion of the coal industry will be on show.


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Support a National Container Deposit Scheme 

6/4/2013

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"Environment ministers will soon be making a decision on how to stop 8 billion beverage containers being landfilled or littered every year.

There's a solution – a 10cent Recycle Refund scheme."


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With the environment ministers meeting next week on 11 April we have reached a crucial point in the Container Deposit campaign.  

We are pushing for a firm undertaking about a national CDS.  This is essential because the industry are pressing for an indefinite delay - which would allow Coca Cola to win.  So we need maximum pressure on your Environment Minister. Send them a strong message!



QLD: glass.house@parliament.qld.gov.au

NSW: Robyn.Parker@parliament.nsw.gov.au

VIC: ryan.smith@parliament.vic.gov.au

WA: Minister.Jacob@dpc.wa.gov.au

NT: peter.chandler@nt.gov.au

ACT: corbell@act.gov.au

SA: ministerhunter@sa.gov.au

TAS: Brian.Wightman@dpac.tas.gov.au


Or go to our action page.  

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Thanks!
Jeff Angel, Boomerang Alliance

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    • History of MINCA
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    • World heritage Values of Magnetic Island
    • Plants of Magnetic Island
    • Weeds of Magnetic Island
    • Favourite Trees
    • Native animals of Magnetic Island
    • Birds of Magnetic Island
    • Butterflies of Magnetic Island
    • Reptiles of Magnetic Island
    • Frogs (Amphians) of Magnetic Island
    • Spiders, Insects & Bugs of Magnetic Island
    • Life in the ocean around Magnetic Island
    • The geology of Magnetic Island
    • Library & Links
  • Projects
    • Caring for the West Point Road
    • Bolger Bay Conservation Park
    • Protection of Radical Bay
    • Townsville Port expansion >
      • Flyer
    • Clear Water Townsville >
      • The Future of Cleveland Bay >
        • Historical Impacts of Silt Pollution
      • The Story So Far
      • Cleveland Bay: Current & Impacts
      • The Impact of Dredging
      • Dolphins, Dugongs & Turtles
      • Where Have All the Fish Gone?
      • Proposed Port Expansion & Master Plan
      • Port of Townsville's Changing Plans
      • How Many New Berths?
      • Big Enough Already!
      • Jobs and the Port
      • The $1.64 Billion Quesion: WHY?
      • Contact Clear Water Townsville
    • Freecycle
  • Achievements
    • Claude's Block
    • 2011 Anti-plastic Bag Campaign
    • 2011 Short Film Competition
    • 2010 Low Carbon Diet Inter-Bay Challenge
    • 2010 'Carbon Cuts' Film Competition
    • 1996 Nelly Bay Habitat Reserve
    • ARCHIVE NEWS
  • Gallery
  • Contact
  • Activities