MCU12/0012 Notice of Submission - Dennis Berry

Subject: BCS 1192 Submission Noosa quad bike business venture  MCU12/0012
From: Jennifer
Date: 2012-04-30T14:33:29+00:00
To: Internet Mailbox Sunshine Coast Regional Council

Dear Mr Lewis,
                         I write in regard to the proposed business venture to establish quad bike tours in Noosa Hinterland application number MCU12/0012 . 
My Land for Wildlife listed property adjoins the trail network and I have devoted much of my own time undertaking weed management on the trail.
I regard the the prospect of 4 WD vehicles using these trails as completely contrary to the assurances landholders received from council when the trail was being established.
This area has one of the largest rainforest revegetation projects on the Sunshine Coast with plantings undertaken, through voluntary hard work,  over 30 years by hundreds of established residents on private property, of an estimated 25,000 trees.
The amenity and unique values of the area , including an adjoining National Park, are now threatened by a for profit business venture by an unknown entrepreneur.
Noise from off road bikes is already a very high source of complaints to Police from residents all over the Hinterland.
It is our long experience that due to the topography of the local area , noise from these types of bikes resonates loudly from Tablelands Rd and the National Park for miles throughout the lower valley.
The hard work and support of local residents and staff of the Council over many years, and the truly unique quality of the local habitat risks being undermined by yet another money making circus under the guise of "Ecotourism"
 
Council may also consider obtaining legal advise on liability in the event of injuries sustained by hikers, horse riders and push bike riders following any incident with commercial motorised vehicles operated by inexperienced drivers, on the trail.
                           regards Dennis Berry