HMAS Adelaide - Yay or Nay?

[Paolo]

Discussion here.

 

[serious14]

What's going on??

 

[FFC Mariner]

HMAS Adelaide to be scuttled off Avoca (?) to provide a dive attraction.

Will bring jobs and revenue to Coast so opposed by NIMBIES in Avoca etc

You know, the people who singlehandedly want to stiffle development/jobs/tourism on the C Coast.

Those people.

Playing the environmental card (obviously).

 

[serious14]

Unless it's 50 yards off the beach, then they're being dickheads.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Apparently, its toxic and will kill us all and its the end of civilisation as we know it.

http://www.hmasadelaide.com/scuttling_event

1.8klm off the beach at Avoca to be precise and in 32m of water

Enviro assessment done as per the Act and no adverse impact identified.

NIMBIES view is its toxic metal and we will all die - instantly

 

[serious14]

Apparently, its toxic and will kill us all and its the end of civilisation as we know it.

The same sorts who think the LHC will suck Earth into a giant black hole etc.

A dive site on the Coast would be amazing.

 

[FFC Mariner]

By all accounts the impact of putting a boat that has been in the water for 30 years IN THE WATER, is like dividing by zero

 

[serious14]

By all accounts the impact of putting a boat that has been in the water for 30 years IN THE WATER, is like dividing by zero

 

[adz]

apparently this is how it will all go down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahf5v7pqyWs&

 

[marinermick]

Apparently, its toxic and will kill us all and its the end of civilisation as we know it.

http://www.hmasadelaide.com/scuttling_event

1.8klm off the beach at Avoca to be precise and in 32m of water

Enviro assessment done as per the Act and no adverse impact identified.

NIMBIES view is its toxic metal and we will all die - instantly

when you have million dollar proerties and salaries you don't want riff-raff divers and backpackers hanging around your neighbourhood

 

[FFC Mariner]

They could doss in the park at Avoca, bring kegs, have drag races up and down the streets.

Then the Nimbies sell up and we can bulldoze the place and turn it into Gold Coast

Works for me

 

[dibo]

Yay. It's nearly 3km offshore. If that affects the surf break I'm a pink budgie and as for coastal pollution - have they *seen* the lagoon after rain? FFS...

 

[jiggles]

As I've had to go to nearly every single meeting and discussion on this for work...

YAY.

1. The amount of jobs it will bring to the coast will be fantastic. The tourism for Central Coast is going to sky rocket which is going to create a huge revenue for local businesses. It's an attraction also that can be done all year around, whereas Terrigal and the res of the coast mostly onlt gains a major jump in tourism during the summer season.

2. As well as a dive site, it is also going to be a place for marine life to use as a haven and populate. A bunch of environmental assessments have already taken place:

http://www.hmasadelaide.com/enviromental_information/environmental_assessment

3. As far as the legal, "Lets stop the ship being blown up the day before"....pish. The ship has been completley stripped of pretty much everything but the shell and is being towed into Terrigal to arrive on Thursday afternoon where it will be start to be placed with explosives. If at 5pm Friday, they start a law suit? Fantastic. Lets leave a ship full of explosoves just sitting out on our water for weeks on end until something is sorted out.



http://www.hmasadelaide.com is the website with a bunch of information. The Premiers Cabinet is looking after the event at Avoca Beach as well.

Scuttling time is in the morning, looking to be at about 10:30
(Program is here: http://www.hmasadelaide.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/125902/27_March_2010_-_HMAS_Adelaide_Scuttling_-_Event_Program.pdf)

Of course, this depends on the weather conditions... hopefully the reaction of the bad weather up north won't affect the scuttling.

I think it's going to be fantastic, and if you have the time in the morning to head to Avoca Beach to watch it...do! There are going to be heaps of stall and music and entertainment, as well as Sea FM and Star FM Broadcasting from Avoca Beach, and 2GO will be Broadcasting from a boat out on the water. Express Advocate, ABC and NBN will also be there to cover the day.

 

[Bex]

Yeh, the anti-Adelaide protestors are a huge minority. They predicted a turnout of 10,000 protestors on Avoca beach and only got 600. No doubt they're the family, friends and rent-a-crowd of the few "sky is falling" hippies that are opposing this. http://express-advocate-gosford.whereilive.com.au/news/story/600-people-join-avoca-beach-protest-against-sinking-ex-hmas-adelaide/

 

[jiggles]

http://express-advocate-wyong.whereilive.com.au/news/story/protestors-win-delay-in-scuttling-ex-hmas-adelaide-off-avoca/

Great. Months of staying back late, working my ass off on projects revolving around this...to be left with nothing.

fan-f**king-tastic.

 

[jiggles]

note, I forgot to mention in my first post... it's also a tribute to our service men and women.

 

[Arabmariner]

Apparently, its toxic and will kill us all and its the end of civilisation as we know it.

http://www.hmasadelaide.com/scuttling_event

1.8klm off the beach at Avoca to be precise and in 32m of water

Enviro assessment done as per the Act and no adverse impact identified.

NIMBIES view is its toxic metal and we will all die - instantly

when you have million dollar proerties and salaries you don't want riff-raff divers and backpackers hanging around your neighbourhood

Proving what I said in another thread about the area being populated by stuck up snobs, tossers and Vaucluse wannabes 

I think it's a great idea.

Let's get another one off Terrigal and really piss them off !

;D

 

[FFC Mariner]

Drive one up the beach at Terrigal and leave it there Pasha Bulka style.

Would improve Terrigal no end anyway.

 

[midfielder]

Got my "C" card ... i.e. basic divers licence in 1972... still go diving today (well not today being today) but you get my meaning... can hardly wait ... 32 meters about 100 feet ... 3 atm's ...bring it onnnnnnnn...

AND AND AND AND .... a night dive on a sunken ship ... that would be FOOKING awesome...

 

[jiggles]

I am actually quite interested to hear the people's views on who DON'T want the ship and why...