“it’s like the elephant in the
room - no one wants to talk
about it” - Dan Ware
“There are a whole lot of signs there already
– whether they will work or not, who knows ...
people need to understand that there are
laws, and what they need to understand is
they must slow down around surfers.
“Also the main point we would ask for, is that
on either a six-monthly or yearly basis, the
surfing community - a key group - gets some
kind of report or has a meeting with different
government organisations. This is really just the
beginning of a long-term collaborative effort
in my view … someone has died out there
and if the GCWA wants to increase boating
usage of our waterways, as they increase
boat usage of Currumbin Creek, they have
to come up with new and different controls,”
says Dan.
Dan - who holds an MBA and Applied Science
Degree, and is currently in the midst of his PhD
in Political Science and Coastal Management
- says the constant tourism push to bring more
people to the Gold Coast and in particular
to Currumbin is ‘a central part of this whole
problem’.
“The fact that surfers are being hit by boats
… that’s a symptom of overcrowding on the
Gold Coast but it’s like the elephant in the
room - no one wants to talk about it,” he
explains.
“This continual goal to develop the Gold
Coast ad infinitum is creating this false sense
of nirvana for a surfer’s
paradise that can also
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