is the colour of the water real yuck aswell

Try ringing the Qld EPA and tell them your concerns, as all sewage treatment plants (Qld) have to comply with QLD EPA discharge licenses.

It just so happens that I took this aerial photo of it on the saturday you are talking about (30th September 2006) Heres the link...
http://www.abovephotography.com.au/stockphotos/sunshinecoast/MaroochyRiver.html

EPA Marine strandings and pollution ph 1300 130 372. The Mooloolah river does not link up with the Maroochy river at all. Sometimes its perfectly clean and you can see the bottom in 5m of water othertimes its brown as 'crap'.

Echostorm.Sorry to confuse,Iwas answering two previous questions.
Was not suggesting the two rivers are joined,only that the spill occured in the river to the south the(Mooloolah river).Have not seen the water clean here for years.
The smell and the soap like foam in the (Maroochy river) has been noticeable for the last three years.This happens on the last of the outgoing tide,often with the water clear as. After heavy rain the river
turns brown due to the run off,but only has a earthy smell,not the other.
Thanks for the number

see if these guys can help your cause, they do great work lobbying against water pollution and the associated government corruption
www.cleanocean.org.au

so is it a serious problem, is it still safe to kite their of what>?

thx..Lewis

yeah thats what i thought...

THX for info

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so is it a serious problem, is it still safe to kite their of what>?

thx..Lewis

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Dont worry mon , compared to botany bay in sydney , Maroochy is pristine water and in any case we all have truckloads of bacteria in our systems so a little more crap wont make any difference. kite with confidence.

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Goose, could you get affected when travelling to a completely different area to where you normally kite? I'm going to thailand, 200km SE of Bangkok for a month and intend to kite at every chance. I imagine the water flora would be very different.

there are a lot more places worse than mdore, take a look at kuta beach, bali, you will be swimming in plastic bags, not very nice!

Sewerage spills, bad smells, can't eat the fish, ear infections, wound infections- Is this an attempt to keep the numbers down?