A glitzy marina resort promised an idyllic lifestyle with everything tropical Queensland had to offer, but successive natural and corporate disasters have dashed those dreams. Could a solution be on the horizon?
It promised an idyllic lifestyle with everything tropical Queensland had to offer, along with resort-style amenities, restaurants and some of the country's best fishing any time you wanted to take your boat out.
After three decades of false starts, shattered dreams, broken promises, company liquidations, legal battles, and dubious environmental approvals, the community is divided, frustrated and exhausted.But many still cling to the hope that a long-term solution to fix the port's "river of mud" is just over the horizon.Gift shop and fashion boutique owner Robyn Smith has ridden the development's rollercoaster of fortunes.
The submission called for a commitment from all levels of government to address the need for a permanent solution for "all-tide and all-weather access" and to seek "new and innovative investment attraction models". A senate report, tabled in 1999, criticised the Queensland government's approvals process and the fact that it had failed to insist on a "full environmental impact assessment" being carried out.
But with irregular flooding and low flow into the creek, the now widened and deepened channel continues to clog up.
Port Hinchinbrook Hinchinbrook Channel Port Hinchinbrook Marina Keith Williams Nick Dametto Cassowary Coast Regional Council Resort Dredge Failed Resort Stony Creek One Mile Creek Dredging
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