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- Read the story: Petition opposes dog access changes at popular spot
Having a family connection with Point Cartwright for over 25 years and been a full-time resident for the last two, and being a dog owner for most of my adult life, I can honestly say that most dog owners here are courteous and keep their animals in control.
But there are a small percentage who have no consideration whatsoever for other area users. On any walk you have to keep your eyes out to not step in dog poo or else the inconsiderate who leave their poo bags scattered about.
We have been scared as we witnessed unruly dogs attack small puppies, and had our picnic completely overrun by several unattended animals. My wife has even been peed on while sitting on the beach. We have often had rubber balls or sticks thrown so close to us as to be downright scary with no apology. The typical yapping in the early hours along the river walk speaks of unthinking owners.
I am embarrassed by other dog owners who consider that a dog beach is theirs alone and not a shared space with other users. I have witnessed mauled wildlife and people laughing as their dogs chase brush turkeys.
I don’t see what the complaints are about anyway, council very rarely patrols the area. I would be interested to see how many people have ever been warned or fined.
Thank you to all those who do the right thing and to everyone who doesn’t, please consider others and keep your animals in under control. Don’t let us all down, by your inconsiderate behaviour.Tony Willis, BuddinaÂ
- Read the story:Â Mayor hits out at mega-development proposal
We were looking at moving up from Brisbane to the Coast. Nirimba was inspected and we couldn’t escape the vast and baron wasteland quick enough. Motorbikes at every second house and no space between homes, let alone backyards and room for people to go outside at their house.
Stockland/Aura is a disgrace. Money-making and profit are all that’s thought of. Australian housing has become units dressed as houses.
There’s no soul left in housing development.
Tim Cayzer, Peregian Springs
Flat, boring land being flooded with unattractive suburbia, even getting close to the sacred Glass House Mountains – and no adequate infrastructure and clogged roads all around. They are making our paradise into a hell if allowed. No thank you!
Tom Vichta, Moffat Beach
I do believe there is not the infrastructure on the Coast to just have massive development.
I might have NIMBY brain, but the Coast population is growing too fast.
John Parkes, Kuluin
Three main considerations for future developments of Caloundra South.
No.1: Finish and improve road and rail links.
No.2: Totally ban further destruction of established woodlands and mature trees, and wildlife corridors.
No.3: The already cleared land marked for future development south of Aura should be the obvious site once provision is made for total protection of Pumicestone Passage and Aura sales are completed.
Sensitivity to the environment must be the first concern.
Rosie McDonnell, Pelican Waters
- Read the story: ‘Quite unsettling’: ‘tiny home’ resident speaks out
Councillors are elected to protect and improve our community. They therefore have a duty of care, which should include people who are homeless and the integrity of our landscape.
For some time now, the council has been aware that tiny homes could relieve some of the homelessness in our community.
In order to accommodate small communities of tiny homes, the council should provide areas supplied with water, toilet blocks, footpaths and parking, not dissimilar to caravan parks, many of which were well controlled but, in recent years, were closed under the banner of “development”. Â Â
More and more of our bushland is being selfishly eliminated by large-scale, greedy developers. They make no provision for the countless native animals and plants that are destroyed. Where are the wildlife corridors?
Let’s think about those people who need help now and use land already available to accommodate them, protecting the remaining bushland and providing relief for those people in distress.Â
Brenda Tranter, Battery Hill
In the current housing crisis, particularly focused on the Sunshine Coast, where the average value of homes is now in the million-dollar bracket with accompanying rent values, this story is an example of the complete lack of real action by local government to work for and on behalf of the people they represent. Not control, but represent.
Local government have “acknowledged housing affordability and homelessness”; need a plan to work together to effectively address the current situation; were “reviewing the instruments that caused this crisis”; were respecting the right of homeless people to access public amenities; were connecting them with helpful organisations; got funding for an “assertive outreach officer”; are “supporting several community-led initiatives”; are “continuing to support (relevant housing) activities”; are partnering with private/public organisations; are “publishing the Sunshine Coast Housing and Homelessness Directory”; are “working with the private sector through council’s statutory planning role for delivery of housing and associated infrastructure”; and are “also preparing a Housing and Homelessness Action Plan”.
All of these are costly, time-consuming and possibly valuable future initiatives – but as yet, no home has been provided for the growing number of homeless on the Sunshine Coast.
Meanwhile, the three families that Ms Morton gave a home site to are being evicted by the same council that has acknowledged, reviewed, connected, supported, published and prepared – and accomplished nothing real but public toilet access to the homeless.
Folks, that is not only unfair; in terms of the law it is inequitable to the desperate families that are affected. Is it not fair to expect all tiers of government to do so much better than that?
Sue Maynes, Woombye
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