Last weekend’s king tides totally inundated the proposed coal export terminals in the Fitzroy delta. Aerial photographs clearly show both the proposed Fitzroy Terminal and Xstrata terminal sites covered by the ocean, leaving only the tops of the highest mangroves exposed... Capricorn Conservation Council (CCC) opposes Xstrata’s plans for the industrial development of Balaclava Island for a coal export facility in the Fitzroy River Delta on environmental grounds.

Gladstone Harbour has seen many years of industrial and port growth over recent decades. Industry has been part of the environmental equation in the harbour since the 1960’s. However the current scale of development and cumulative impact from multiple industrial projects undergoing construction simultaneously within the marine and coastal environment of Gladstone Harbour is unprecedented.

CCC opposes the current proposed tourism and residential development and would like to see the high environmental values of the Island protected as a National Park.

We are a passionate group of people of all ages working together to protect and defend our water, air, wildlife, bushlands, rivers, marine and coastal areas from long term damage for short term gain.

We are a determined group of rural Australians chronically affected by mine dewatering. We have remained in dispute with Queensland Cement Ltd (now Cement Australia) and the regulating agencies of the Qld Government since 1995.