Have a look at this Notice to Mariners from MSQ. Basically it's stating that those unfortunate people with vessels at the bottom of the Brisbane River are now officially directed to remove same.

I'm planning on circulating this nonsense to everyone I can. Please consider doing the same.

http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/~/media/c35be788-c572-48ce-a52b-206183e7cf18/ntm_084_t_2011.pdf

badinfluence said...

Have a look at this Notice to Mariners from MSQ. Basically it's stating that those unfortunate people with vessels at the bottom of the Brisbane River are now officially directed to remove same.

I'm planning on circulating this nonsense to everyone I can. Please consider doing the same.

http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/~/media/c35be788-c572-48ce-a52b-206183e7cf18/ntm_084_t_2011.pdf

While it seems a bit rude they are actually responsible. It could be far worst. In NSW if a vessel sinks and the EPA gets involved, usually because some considerate citizen is worried by an oil slick, then the area is protected by a barrage. The area is then cleaned and you get a bill in the region of 60 grand. Happened locally, the owner removed any identification and walked away. No one new who the owner was!

The case you mention, Ramona, is a very valid point.
A lot of people have missing boats which they simply don't know whereabouts in the river or Moreton Bay they have ended up.

How can MSQ issue this broad direction to vessel owners who don't even know where their vessel is and/or whether their vessel is one in question which requires removal??

I doubt whether most of these craft have been identified apart from what the survey has gleaned.

Totally agree with the fella you mentioned.....I'd just walk away too. After all, boats are not the only stuff strewn throughout the entire waterways of Brisbane at the moment.

We thought about taking the boat out today in good Aussie Day style, however, the Bay is brown as far as the eye can see and there's still a lot of debris which could cause a lot of damage.

Interestingly, there's been no coverage of the fallout to the wildlife of Moreton Bay post-flood. I hate to imagine how the animals are coping, but most of all, the Indo-Pacific Humpback dolphin which is an estuarine dweller....classified rare and threatened pre-flood.

Why dosn't exxon or BP pay for their damage