Desalination
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the government said Desal – the ocean angrily replied DON’T SELL ! * / / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / Taken on the majestic Bass Coast. / / *Please take a moment to read my journal entry / HERE / / and add your support by emailing your concerns and disapproval HERE / / – 100% of all profits I make goes to this crucial campaign. / / Canon EOS A2, Velvia 100F. / ©T.Middleton2008 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / / see photography of this beautiful region under threat below / /
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The first rays of the sun caress the dunes at the mouth of the Powlett river as it snakes it’s way to the marine rich waters of Bass Strait. A place where ecosystems of fish, birds, animals, plants and people meet – not a place to build a gigantuous pollution factory. / / Water Yes – Desalination No / / Canon EOS A2, Velvia 50. / ©T.Middleton2008 / / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / Taken on the majestic Bass Coast. A place that desperately needs YOUR help to survive. / / Please take a moment to read my journal entry / HERE / / and add your support by emailing your concerns and disapproval HERE / / – 100% of all profits I make on this goes to this crucial campaign that effects ALL of us. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / / see photography of this beautiful region under threat below / /
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Powlett River
by Travis EastonHad a fantastic weekend with my kids and bubble members down at Powlett River on the weekend. Got there Friday night in time to catch the…
Had a fantastic weekend with my kids and bubble members down at Powlett River on the weekend. Got there Friday night in time to catch the last rays at the river mouth then went back in the morning again with Tony Middleton (photo’s to come). My kids absolutely loved it playing in the sand, water and rocks and it was great to finally put a face and voice with my much conversed with bubble mate Tony. I caught up with a few other bubble members at the cafe in Killcunda and had probably what was the best hamburger of my life there before I had to take my kids home. Unsurprisingly I was inspired and challenged by simply hanging out with Tone as we chatting about our journeys together. Foremost in his thoughts and passions was the plight of this gorgeous and often overlooked part of the coast. Visiting an area under threat certainly gives you a different perspective on the need to preserve it. The Powlett River is the location of Melbournes planned desalination plant. Over the last 10 years Melbournes water catchment levels have been dropping and despite a 20% reduction in consumer water use it is continuing to fall. The government has come up with two proposals to combat this crisis. One is to pump water over the Great Dividing Range to supplement the city supply an act which has enraged the irrigation dependant farmers from that equally drought effected area. The other brilliant government idea (proposed by our former Premier who resigned weeks after announcing it probably because even he knew it was stupid idea) is to combat our global warming decreased water supply by building the southern hemispheres biggest desal plant which will pump 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year. The $3,200,000,000 plant will also pollute the local marine environment disgorging 7,000litres a second 600m from shore, which puts at risk the local Seal and Fairy Penguin (Parade) population which adds $75,000,000 a year to the economy. On top of that the site for the plant is an absolutely beautiful bit of coastline, turning it into an industrial pollution factory would be a tragedy of the highest magnitude. All up the government has proposed to throw 5 billion plus at the problem why they arn’t proposing to channel this into water tanks for Melbourne residents I can’t figure. This would solve the issue without the negatives of the current proposals, it would be more sustainable in the long term and cheaper than the proposed 5 fold increase in water rates the commercial backers of the desal plant are mooting. Other issues we chatted about were the increasing consumerism in our society and how the more competitive/ achievement oriented of us can so easily fall into the trap of devaluing bubble and our art into a numbers game of hits, favouritings and sales. I regret not getting to chat with all the other bubble members while strolling along the beach but I certainly had a great night away with my kids and had a brilliant time chatting with my like minded bubble buddy Tony. Cheers Trav
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Powlett River is the spot our illustrous government has told us we will build the southern hemispheres largest desalination plant. There has been no consultation or environmental impact studies just an announcement of what will happen. Needless to say this move to convert a wilderness and pastoral area into a pollution guzzling industrial estate is not being well recieved. To run this $3,200,000,000 plant an additional 1,200,000,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases will be released into the atmosphere each year plus it will pollute the local marine environment at a rate of 7,000litres a second which will obviously alter and possibly (some say definitely) destroy the local marine environment. This will in turn force the Philip Island Seal and Fairy Penguin (Parade) population to look for better feeding grounds risking the $75,000,000 a year that tourists spend visiting these natural attractions. On top of that the site for the plant as you can see is absolutely gorgeous (it’s 200m from where I took this photo). To find out more visit your water your say 100% of profits from this image will go to the, your water your say action group fighting fund (I’ve put the margin up more than usual as the donation thing is kind of pointless unless there’s a bit of money in it). For other shots from this area check out my Bass Coast gallery.
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As always – click image for a more detailed view / / A chilly morning on the Powlett river…cold air descends from the hinterland and a slow moving fog drifts throughout the basin before exiting the river mouth in a spectacular plume into Bass Strait. / Here I try in vain to sneak up on a Royal Spoonbill feeding from on this mirror islet..alas – it flees to the opposing river bank as I meter this special scene. stand up now and have your say for our future – tell the Victorian Labor government – ‘NO DESALINATION’ more info @ yourwateryoursay.org – 100% of all profits I make on this goes to this crucial campaign that effects ALL of us. / / Fuji G617 – Velvia 100F, digitally converted to true B&W. / ©T.Middleton2008 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / / see more of my TRUE panoramic photography by clicking on the image below / / see more photography of this beautiful region under threat below / /
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A shard of golden light finds it way through the clouds and hills to brilliantly illuminate the rustic framework of the historic trestle bridge. Clicking on the image for a more detailed view is highly recommended. / Fuji G617 – Velvia 100F. / ©T.Middleton2008 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / / see more of my TRUE panoramic photography by clicking on the image below / / -
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Global Issues Local Face
by Travis EastonJust got this email, please take the trouble to read it. Background: / The Victorian government has proposed to solve part of our water…
Just got this email, please take the trouble to read it. Background: / The Victorian government has proposed to solve part of our water crisis issue by building a desalination plant near Powlett River . Your Water Your Say (YWYS) has fought this problem compounding solution in court with the result outlined below. Please find below the press release put out late today regarding the State & Federal Governments decision to pursue YWYS for costs. They know we don’t have the money to pay their costs so you have to ask, WHY pursue the group???? State & Federal Governments pursue community for costs Your Water Your Say (YWYS) is facing bankruptcy and exclusion from the EES process due to the State and Federal Government’s decision to pursue costs by lodging cost applications in the Federal Court last Friday 23rd May. YWYS challenged the Federal Government in Federal Court arguing that the Federal Minister for the Environment (Peter Garrett) failed to give appropriate consideration to greenhouse gas emissions and the effect of further global warming on wetlands of international importance or listed threatened species and communities. The primary grounds for the challenge were that the Federal Minister for the Environment accepted the Brumby government’s decision to carve the pilot plant out from the major works, hence enabling the beginning of works before any inquiry into the environmental effects. YWYS will be lodging a challenge to fight the application by the deadline of Friday 30th May. Andrea Bolch, President of YWYS, says “the pursuit of costs from community groups that challenge government decisions strikes at the heart of democratic principles and our right to be heard. The government has decided that they don’t want pesky community groups questioning or challenging their decisions so they will spend enormous amounts of taxpayer funds to fight them in court and then ensure they are put out of business.” How can any community have access to the same resources that Governments have? The process is unequal and individuals or communities can never win with the miniscule resources available by comparison. Ms Bolch says “if the Governments are successful in securing costs, YWYS will effectively face bankruptcy and the voice of the community will be silenced. This is the consequence for communities which dare to question Government decision making. The Government has never justified nor explained why it had chosen the most expensive and environmentally damaging solution to solve Melbourne’s water problems. By taking this action they will try to ensure they never have to explain it.” Regards Andrea Bolch Your Water Your Say
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A tap found in green hills, cronulla. Positioned above (nearly) where the desalination plant is getting built.
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This planet in a far off solar system, very similar to our Earth, once had a moon similar to ours, most likely larger, circling it. A collision with an asteroid has left a ring of moon dust. The gravity of the ring pulls cloud vapors up towards the ring making a second ring of moisture. Since this leaves the planet without the normal clouds the inhabitants have developed huge desalination plants and irrigation systems to nourish the urth.
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Being built in Sydney, waste of money imo, they could’ve used the money to make every person in Sydeny install a water tank.
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This river outlet marks the northern boundary of the 2km planned exclusion zone for the Victorian government’s desalination plant (which will hopefully only be whilst the plant is being constructed). This coastline is pristine and very beautiful, hopefully it will remain so after the planned works are finished and the beaches are reopened to the public.
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You’ve possibly seen my Mouth of Powlett River photo which is the northern extremity of the 2km exclusion zone around the desalination plant that the Brumby government is imposing on the Bass Coast, this photo was taken at Williamson’s Beach, the southern extremity – too lovely not to be allowed to be used by Joe public… On another note… has this photo been “tweaked” too much? I hope it still looks natural but wanted to emphasise the silhouette
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Shot of the controversial desalination plant at Kurnell, NSW at Sunrise. Camera:Nikon D700 / Exposure:25s / Aperture:f/2.8 / Focal Length:35 mm / ISO Speed:200 alexkess.com
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Cape Solander Panorama, New Blog Post
by alexkessJust wanted to let you know that I posted a new photoblog entry to my website here: http://tinyurl.com/bfhtll Let me know what you thi…
Just wanted to let you know that I posted a new photoblog entry to my website here: http://tinyurl.com/bfhtll Let me know what you think. I might post one of these to redbubble as well. Cheers, Alex
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Taken at the Botany Bay National Park, Kurnell, NSW
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Taken at the Botany Bay National Park, Kurnell, NSW.
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Taken at Kurnell, Botany Bay National Park – 7 March 2009. This is a 5xp HDR, tonemapped in photomatix and touched up in Lightroom 2. Camera:Nikon D700, 17mm, F11 alexkess.com
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This is our beautiful Williamson’s Beach that is soon to become the site of Victoria’s Water Desalination Plant. / Could say so much but feel its in vain. / You can see why they chose this spot though, I mean its got nothing going for it and so ugly too!!!!!! / Sorry, bit sarcastic aren’t I? We did get to teach our children how to fish here though, hopefully they will remember how it used to be!
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Construction at the desalination plant at Kyeemagh
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Mucking around with photoshop again
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So much going on at the Desalination plant at Kyeemagh, NSW
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