Would you like to have your say, or know more.......?

Are you keen to have your say on the proposed wild rivers declaration proposals for the Georgina and Diamantina Rivers? Would you like to know more about the proposed declarations? Would you like to see property maps and how wild rivers will fit with land areas?

The Queensland Government is hosting a number of public information sessions in Western Queensland in the coming weeks.

Camooweal - Tuesday 27 September

Dajarra - Wednesday 28 September

Cloncurry - Monday 3 October

Winton - Tuesday 4 October

Bedourie - Wednesday 5 October

Boulia - Thursday 6 October

Mt Isa - Friday 7 October

Boulia - Monday 17 October

Bedourie - Tuesday 18 October

Birdsville - Wednesday 19 October

Winton - Tuesday 25 October

Corfield - Wednesday 26 October

Kynuna - Thursday 27 October

McKinlay - Friday 28 October

More information is available from the Queensland Government website.

Overview of Proposed Georgina and Diamantina Wild Rivers Areas

If you are curious to know more about the 23 tributaries which will be impacted by the Wild Rivers proposal for the Georgina and Diamantina Rivers, please find attached a fact sheet
which has been put together by the Queensland Government.

This document also outlines the special features which will be covered by the proposal.

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/factsheets/pdf/water/wr26.pdf

The Georgina and Diamantina rivers in Western Queensland have been proposed to be declared as Wild Rivers by the Queensland Government. This means that the consultation phase has commenced, and residents and interested persons are invited to 'have their say' on the proposals.

If you would like to know more about the purpose and guiding principles, please check out this document which has been put together by the state government.

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildrivers/georgina-diamantina/pdf/natural-values-assessment.pdf

There has been some downtime with the blog, due to technical hitches. However all is resolved, and we are back in action. I thank you for visiting our blog.

There has been a swirl of activity in recent weeks relating to the Queensland Governments Wild Rivers legislation. Minister Robertson is also planning to declare Cooper's Creek as a Wild River in the coming months. This iconic catchment will be the first in the Lake Eyre Basin to be protected under this legislation. So what does this all mean?

In the coming weeks, I will be blogging about the benefits that a Wild Rivers Declaration will bring to Western Queensland, and how the communities of this area have been working together to ensure that the government considers the unique nature of the rivers in Western Queensland.

The Lake Eyre Basin covers 1/7th of Australia, and is the largest internally draining basin in the world. What is an internally draining basin? Most rivers throughout the world run towards the coast, and eventually the water moves out to sea. Not so with the Lake Eyre Basin. The water all runs down into Lake Eyre, and pools there - and eventually evaporates. Whilst this water drains southward into Lake Eyre, it also leaves a magical legacy of floodplains, braids and channels that criss cross the country and provides habitat and food for many species of plants and animals.