tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post3737998971643056156..comments2024-01-20T10:32:53.309+10:00Comments on CairnsBlog.net: Save Yacht Club campaign launched todayMichael P Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02890121680113642715noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-49882751841394577372008-07-08T19:03:00.000+10:002008-07-08T19:03:00.000+10:00Count another Cairnsite interested in doing all sh...Count another Cairnsite interested in doing all she can to preserve a smidgeon of our heritage. The wonderful old hotels which comprised the world famous "Barbary Coast" have been ripped down,ditto the old Burns Philip building, ditto the wooden shop fronts, ditto the wooden workman's cottages...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-23256870443776492592008-07-08T11:21:00.000+10:002008-07-08T11:21:00.000+10:00Couldn’t agree more Iceman.Yesterday I was thinkin...Couldn’t agree more Iceman.<BR/><BR/>Yesterday I was thinking about the effort and dedication involved by those early citizens who, in 1920 after the cyclone badly damaged the building, volunteered to re-build it, rescuing remnants to use (waste not, want not) and cutting new stronger timbers to prevent a recurrence. <BR/><BR/>It was no small undertaking. <BR/><BR/>They deserve that we should now fight also to save it. <BR/><BR/>Does the Labor State government not know this history of the ordinary people who built and cared for this building over the last century?<BR/><BR/>Wendy Richardson<BR/>Coordinator - PADYC<BR/>People Against Demolishing the Yacht Club<BR/><BR/>Ph 07 4034 2248<BR/>www.yachtclubcairns.com<BR/>savetheyachtclub@bigpond.com<BR/><A HREF="savetheyachtclub@bigpond.com" REL="nofollow">savetheyachtclub@bigpond.com</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.yachtclubcairns.com" REL="nofollow">Save the Yacht Club Cairns</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-68921269638974934172008-07-08T10:43:00.000+10:002008-07-08T10:43:00.000+10:00For a political party who's core values were found...For a political party who's core values were founded on social issues, their current attitude to the old Cairns Yacht Club house indicates that these values no longer exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-37773347702783991472008-07-08T01:55:00.000+10:002008-07-08T01:55:00.000+10:00Well put Iceman. You should join us for a special...Well put Iceman. <BR/><BR/>You should join us for a special action meeting tonite at Wendy's. <BR/><BR/>Drop me an email to CairnsBlog@gmail.com for the details.Michael P Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890121680113642715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-41180873002974553072008-07-08T00:57:00.000+10:002008-07-08T00:57:00.000+10:00It comes as no surprise that Val Schier and others...It comes as no surprise that Val Schier and others on her team, (what's left of it), should finally decide that they should sharpen their spears and come out to have a dig at the current Labor Government, in support of the Yacht Club. They have left it long enough in the scheme of things to not stop it,(they believe) but just in time to make a point that they care, before it is gone. <BR/>The Mayor's statements of support are cynical in the extreme when there were months and years of opportunity to comment prior to an 11th hour effort to make the current government powers that be, see the error of their ways.<BR/><BR/>I was in Brisbane when the bulldozers moved in on the Bellevue Hotel, to demolish a city icon in the dead of night, against overwhelming public opinion,an outrage perpetrated on Brisbane's heritage by the Bjelke-Petersen National Party Government. I feel that whatever Brisbane has tried to achieve since, it has been left wanting since that outrage.<BR/><BR/>Cairns is placed in the same situation now, except that the perpetrators would be the Labor Party, those that suggest they have the heritage interests of Qld at heart.<BR/><BR/>All the Labor Party members in this region are implicated, as they have been conspicuous by their sheer invisibility and gutlessness on commenting on where they stand on this.<BR/><BR/>There are but weeks left, it is said, before the Cairns Yacht Club and its 100 year history is bulldozed into matchwood, at the instigation of the current Labor Party Government. The local members' acquiescence is shameful, and should not be forgotten at future elections.<BR/><BR/>Where Cairns has lost other heritage value properties, invariably they have had private ownership - the land on which the Yacht Club stands is Govt property and they can make the decision at any time on what can be done with it.<BR/><BR/>If the Yacht Club does get trashed, every elected Labor Party member's photo and name should be put on a plaque in a prominent position on Wharf Street, in front of whatever replaces the Cairns Yacht Club, and underneath it hould read, "We did this". Looking at whatever it is that replaces the Yacht Club, I'm sure that those in the future would say, "That's shameful!". <BR/><BR/>Alternately, the same members with the same photos and the same message, if they save the Cairns Yacht Club, after listening to the overwhelming voices of support for the club, would go down in Cairns' history in perpetuity, as very special people. They would be the group that saved the icon. I wonder if they could handle this.<BR/><BR/>One can look at a robust athlete, full of energy, and ready to face the future, and think they are untouchable. As big and strong as they are, they are nothing if you take away something the size of their fist, their heart! It is small, but so very important.<BR/><BR/>Cairns without the Cairns Yacht Club would be this athlete.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-72955217346826232982008-07-07T18:51:00.000+10:002008-07-07T18:51:00.000+10:00Very Succinct and to the point Kitchen Slut I don'...Very Succinct and to the point Kitchen Slut<BR/> <BR/>I don't buy the CP every day, but people tell me what Desley says. <BR/><BR/>For several years she has tried to pump life into the CBD and for as many years she has failed. <BR/><BR/>Why don't Japanese Tourists want to come here any more? Just like blind Freddy, they have nothing to see.<BR/> <BR/>Why are the Road Tourists by-passing Cairns? Because the Palmerston is the highway to Heritage. Simple as that. <BR/><BR/>My mate Bob Rendal visited Broome the other day. He spent most of his time in the Historical and ancient galvanised Iron buildings called China Town. <BR/>I know why, I've been there too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-46016340852505657612008-07-07T18:26:00.000+10:002008-07-07T18:26:00.000+10:00Well done Cairnsblog for a quality posting of the ...Well done Cairnsblog for a quality posting of the issues which certainly leaves the sensationalist Weekend Compost report as .... well just compost really (Stubbart Who?).<BR/><BR/>This has been a sorry saga of opaque procedural dysfunction, spurious justifications from the CPA, and dubiously stubborn political leadership. We deserve better.<BR/><BR/>And then we have the rather infantile response from Desley Boyle about the current shabby presentation of the building. Hey, Desley if your place was scheduled for demolition 5 years ago then you would let it run down too rather than spend money on it. <BR/><BR/>A refurbished yacht building should be an iconic symbol juxtaposed within the planned(?) cityport development. And lets face it the area occupied by the yacht club building is so small as a proportion of the entire area that any financial argument that it is essential to redevelopment and public finance is simply a fraud.<BR/><BR/>If the worst comes kitchenslut will at least make sure he gets down there for a 'last supper' of fish & chips on the balcony for a final savouring of the ambience ......KitchenSluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947481064967081891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-31283169331791255022008-07-07T16:46:00.000+10:002008-07-07T16:46:00.000+10:00I don't think the CPA has built nearly enough high...I don't think the CPA has built nearly enough high rise waterfront carparking to provide for the future. I mean the ugly street carpark moat they built on prime waterfront land between The Pier and boardwalk just isn't enough!!<BR/><BR/>Hey, the old yacht club may only be a shoebox footprint in the scheme of cityport, but I calculate that if we build a 50 story high carpark on the site we could probably get maybe a dozen carparks per floor (after space for access and driveways etc)and totally wipe out any parking problems in the city.<BR/><BR/>What do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-21716045009085722552008-07-07T15:24:00.000+10:002008-07-07T15:24:00.000+10:00Hahhaha I saw that in the ComPost as well... l...Hahhaha I saw that in the ComPost as well... looks like they need a new sub editor <BR/><BR/>It's meant to Stu Traill dunno where they got the extra "bbart" from!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-35880125398025445392008-07-07T15:19:00.000+10:002008-07-07T15:19:00.000+10:00I saw something on this in the Weekend Post but ha...I saw something on this in the Weekend Post but have no idea who the 'Stubbart' (sic) Traill referred to in The Post is??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-79170844969187897292008-07-07T02:50:00.000+10:002008-07-07T02:50:00.000+10:00You really have to question the mentality of the i...You really have to question the mentality of the idiots that run the Port Authority and the elected politions that have betrayed thousands of Cairns locals. <BR/><BR/>You have my support and we will fight them till the bitter end. It is still not to late to rescue at least one piece of Cairns history.<BR/><BR/>Jono & PatricaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com