Now is your chance to have your say on how the Whitsunday region adapts to climate change hazards such as storm surges and sea level rise, with a new plan outlining actions for towns including Airlie Beach and Bowen released today for community feedback.
Whitsunday Regional Council has developed a draft Climate Hazard Adaptation Strategy, outlining its plans to address predicted sea level rise in the region’s coastal communities.
The CHAS studies have found that by 2100, almost 590 residential dwellings in the region will experience an increase of 80cm in sea level over the next 80 years.
The sea level rise will also impact roads and underground water and sewage infrastructure.
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Construction on a long-awaited new boat ramp at Midge Point will begin in June and be complete in October, weather permitting.
Mackay MP Julieanne Gilbert said Queensland company Australian Marine and Civil was awarded the $1.55m contract to complete the works for the new boat ramp at Jimmy’s Rocks Road. “The contract includes construction of a new two-lane boat ramp and 120-metre-long access causeway at Jimmy’s Rocks Road,” Mrs Gilbert said.
“The design of the new facility accounts for the local marine habitat, large tidal range and wave conditions of the Midge Point area.”
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An intoxicated man with blood all over his face warned Dingo Beach Hotel patrons to clear the building because he was âabout to drive straight through itâ after he was refused service.
Joseph Robert Mazzaracca had been attempting to buy his third bottle of vodka for the day when he made the threat in front of hotel staff, who immediately alerted police.
Proserpine Magistrates Court has heard it was just one incident in a string of altercations Mazzaracca had with members of the public and police in the Hideaway Bay / Dingo Beach area on March 25.
As a result he was charged with drunk and disorderly conduct, public nuisance, and obstructing police.
Highly Venomous Jellyfish Stings Leave Five People With Vomiting, Rashes
On 4/8/21 at 2:10 PM EDT
Easter weekend saw an unusual amount of jellyfish activity in Australia s Whitsunday Islands, leaving five people, including three children, hospitalized with stings.
The influx of incidents has prompted Whitsundays Volunteer Marine Rescue (VRM) service to stress the importance of wearing a protective suit while swimming in local waters.
The aquatic assailants are believed to be the highly venomous Irukandji jellyfish, a species so toxic that it even has a cluster of symptoms named after it: Irukandji syndrome. On average, Irukandji cause anywhere from 50 to 100 hospitalizations every year, according to Barrier Reef Australia.
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Five swimmers were treated for irukandji stings in the Whitsundays over the Easter long weekend including a teen boy, who was taken to Mackay Base Hospital.
The 17 year old had been swimming at Whitehaven Beach when he was stung about 4.40pm on Saturday. A 17-year-old boy was swimming at Whitehaven Beach on Saturday, April 3 when he was stung by an irukandji.
It is understood he had only been in the water for minutes before he it occurred.
VMR Whitsunday, with two paramedics on board, met up with another vessel named Settlement carrying the injured teen at Nara Inlet about 6.07pm.