SAVE POINT CARTWRIGHT

_The Wandering Tattler frequents Point Cartwright in the summer months. The Wandering Tattler is migratory species from Alaska that visits in the summer months and favours foraging on rocky shores. Keep your eyes peeled for them at low tide and try to avoid disturbing their essential foraging activities.

Hi Everyone! 🙂 Following the successful endorsement of the Master Plan for Point Cartwright, your input is needed one last time!   This is the final milestone of the Master Planning process for Point Cartwright. Local Law Amendments must be adopted to reflect the endorsed Master plan and your input is needed.   Please answer a couple of simple questions on Council’s Have-Your-Say survey page and show your support for the new Local Law by 30 October 2023: https://haveyoursay.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/proposed-amendments-local-laws-pt-cartwright   The new Master Plan was based on rigorous assessments by Council and its consultant specialists. To protect the unique environmental and cultural heritage values at Point Cartwright, and provide a…

Big News!   Council’s Draft Master Plan for Point Cartwright has been released! Now it is time to have your say!!  🙂   You only have till 2nd July 2023 to make your views known.  Please Act Now – share the links and complete Council’s survey.   Find out all you need to know about the Draft Master Plan and access the survey at this link: https://haveyoursay.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/point-cartwright-la-balsa-park-master-plan     We thank Council for undertaking investigations to evaluate the significance of the reserve’s Indigenous cultural heritage and unique mix of sensitive ecology. We applaud Council for the revised approach taken to managing Point Cartwright based on these findings, including new approaches to recognising and…

  Of course we all love Point Cartwright Reserve. However, if we don’t protect it now, we may lose the very things we all love about it.   Please sign our Change.org petition to Save Point Cartwright Reserve for future generations and keep it natural. https://www.change.org/p/save-point-cartwright   The condition of the environment of Point Cartwright Reserve has been deteriorating drastically over recent years, and now Council has commenced a Master Plan study and a review of the Town Plan which will determine the future of the reserve.   To protect Point Cartwright Reserve from future development, keep it a natural place and prevent further degradation of the Reserve, we all…

Act Now to Save Point Cartwright!  Please write to the Sunshine Coast Council now as part of their Town Plan Review project. This is your opportunity to help protect the future of Point Cartwright Reserve by requesting the reserve be rezoned to the Environmental Management and Conservation zone.   You can go to the links below or email to the New Town Plan team on: newplanningscheme@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au   Sunshine Coast Council is in the early stages of preparing a new planning scheme. The new planning scheme will guide future land use and development and it is therefore important that the community has their say on the new planning scheme.   In…

Please Help Us Save Point Cartwright There is so much that is unique and special about the Point Cartwright Reserve.   Point Cartwright is at serious risk of developing into a recreational free-for-all, compromising what we all love and treasure about it.   Everyone loves Point Cartwright Reserve, but it’s at risk of losing its character and natural amenity. Please take a few minutes to help us protect and preserve what is important to us all.   Please take a few minutes to make your voice heard about the future of Point Cartwright Reserve in Council’s community survey which closes Sunday 9th January 2022!! You have JUST 1 DAY LEFT…

The Point Cartwright Care Group are calling for a new vision for the Point Cartwright Reserve – a Vision that unifies aspirations and understanding about the intent, purpose and function of the the reserve and it’s diverse natural features and anthropogenic interests. We are proposing the following Vision for the future of Point Cartwright Reserve to ensure it is protected and managed in a sustainable way for future generations: Point Cartwright Reserve is a unique ancient place preserved and nurtured by the Sunshine Coast Council and its residents for future generations to experience and enjoy: A refuge in a modern metropolis with ancient geology from the Jurassic period; A place…