Stop the Bridge click here to download PDF ‘Leave Straddie Unabridged’ SIMO Committee, March 1978 Documents circulated by the newly-formed Stadbroke Island Management Organisation to garner public support to stop the proposed bridge from the mainland. Documents include posters, a fact sheet and a pro forma for letters to the then Premier of the National Party government, Mike Ahern and to Russ Hinze, Minister for Main Roads. (360KB) Infrastructure click here to download PDF ‘Cylinder Beach Master Plan: Community Workshop Transcription of Workshop Results’ Sarkissian Associates Planners, 22 January 2003 The Community Workshop held at Point Lookout in 2002 to discuss the planning of Cylinder Beach was well attended. The transcript is a raw record of the event. Under discussion was a proposed a coach turnaround and car park to occupy the littoral zone of the beach. Community views about this split roughly 101 against the coach turnaround and car parking (and for a shuttle bus service), as against 16 who voted for the coach turnaround and car parking behind the beach. Redland Shire Council approved the scheme. It has not been built. Cylinder Beach is within the Heritage-listed Reserve. (1.2MB) 4WDs on Beaches click here to download PDF ‘Assessment of Recreational Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Impacts on North Stradbroke Island’ Thomas A Schlacher PhD (University of the Sunshine Coast) ed; contributing authors: Luke Thompson BSc(Hons) (U Sunshine Coast), Thomas A Schlacher, Sam Price, BSc (U Sunshine Coast); Final Report, prepared for Redland Shire Council, June 2006 The report is on the ecological Health of North Stradbroke Island’s Sandy Beaches, Phase 1 Pilot studies on 4WD vehicle effects (Jan-June 2006). It summarises findings of three pilot studies into the impacts of 4WDs on island beaches, undertaken by the Marine Science Group of the University of the Sunshine Coast. 4WDs ‘can cause significant environmental harm to organisms inhabiting the sandy shores’. Comprehensive local data are lacking, making it difficult to make a clear assessment of impacts. However, the report finds that 4WDs on beaches need to be managed, since their impacts include significant physical disturbance of faunal habitat and tidal fauna, and crushing of ghost crabs and crabs buried shallow into the sand. (2.8MB) click here to download PDF ‘The Impacts of Recreational Four-Wheel Driving on the Abundance of the Ghost Crab (Ocypode cordimanus) on Subtropical Sandy Beaches in SE Queensland’ D Moss, D P McPhee, Environment Management Centre, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, University of Queensland, 2005 The study area is Stradbroke Island. (108KB) click here to download PDF 'Submission to Redland Shire Council on the Draft Land Management Plan for Flinder’s Beach' Simo, 9 April 2005 SIMO argues for research and monitoring as prerequisites to a full management plan, and critiques the draft plan, pointing out key omissions. (32KB) Koalas click here to download PDF ‘Addressing threats to koala populations in Southeast Queensland’ Premier’s Koala Taskforce Report, September 2008 With koalas heading for extinction in South-East Queensland, the Taskforce defines urgent recommendations to retain all existing koala habitat and map where koalas are. Stradbroke Island koala population is not mentioned, however SIMO is assured by the Premier and Minister that NSI koalas are to be included in the conservation measures. (272KB) National Parks click here to download PDF ‘A submission for the extension of National Parks on Stradbroke Island’ SIMO, December 2007 This submission was produced for the Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation, Andrew McNamara. It outlines the long campaign for more National Parks on the island and states the reasons why many areas need protection. (568KB) Sand Mining click here to download PDF ‘Submission Concerning Development Application for Material Change of Use for Extractive industry (removal and transportation of sand tailings) and ERA 20 – North Stradbroke Island’ Max Winders, MWA Environmental; SIMO/FOSI commissioned report submitted to Redland City Council, 22 April 2008 Report explaining why CRL’s development application to export sand should be refused on the grounds of breaches of law relating to acoustics and transportation. (660KB) Heritage click here to download PDF 'Draft submission for heritage listing of the Point Lookout Headland precinct' Haig Beck and Jackie Cooper with Michael Kennedy for SIMO and FOSI, December 2001 The submission documents all the existing cottages in the Headland precinct, is introduced by an article by Jackie Cooper on why these buildings are important, and includes the heritage nominations for the Headland Reserve, the Lighthouse Reserve and North Lane. (9MB) | 
