Do the research and have a say

Further to my previous letter that you were kind enough to publish, I would like to add some additional material for the readers of this paper. I urge readers to do their own research if they feel I am distorting the facts.

* I made a mistake in my first letter: the entire waters of Corner Inlet are a designated RAMSAR Wetland, not just the Yanakie part. This should not be taken lightly as there are very few declared sites in the world. It is designated as such due to its importance to Migratory Birds. There are thousands, if not millions that migrate between Australia and breeding/feeding sites in the northern hemisphere.

* Check the website under title “Migratory Birds Australia”. It is worthy of note, (or perhaps ironic), that this site is published by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment  and Water. This also details the importance of breeding sites to the birds and how changes (even through climate change) would impact on them. I have to wonder what studies have been done in relation to large scale windfarms being built in their flight paths? Probably none. Perhaps the heads of these individual Departments should sit down and discuss these matters.

• It should also be noted that there are currently two companies expressing interest in these proposals – one based in the Philippines and now we have Shell, of the oil and gas fame. Does that tell you something too?

In closing, am I one of the very few who can see the potential damage to this beautiful part of Victoria, both visual and to our bird life?

I urge concerned readers to make their submissions via the website https”/consult.industry.gov.au/oei-gippsland, or check the online paper at “Offshore renewable energy infrastructure area proposal: Bass Strait off Gippsland”.

We cannot afford to be complacent about this.

Adrian Fyfe, Fish Creek