Have a look at this Notice to Mariners from MSQ. Basically it's stating that those unfortunate people with vessels at the bottom of the Brisbane River are now officially directed to remove same.
I'm planning on circulating this nonsense to everyone I can. Please consider doing the same.http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/~/media/c35be788-c572-48ce-a52b-206183e7cf18/ntm_084_t_2011.pdf
sounds fair to me. its always been that way that if yours goes down, its up to you to get it out (basically), and thats why you need an insurance policy that covers you for it. getting the vessels id might be a challenge though.
Seems reasonable to me. Do you expect the government to pay for their removal?
Under SA Habours & Nav Act its state sthat if your boat sinks in a channel then you need to remove it. If you dont they will remove it and bill you for it. I assure you it wont be cheap.
Make sure insurance will cover it and then get in line with the salvage company or do it yourself.
The case you mention, Ramona, is a very valid point.
A lot of people have missing boats which they simply don't know whereabouts in the river or Moreton Bay they have ended up.
How can MSQ issue this broad direction to vessel owners who don't even know where their vessel is and/or whether their vessel is one in question which requires removal??
I doubt whether most of these craft have been identified apart from what the survey has gleaned.
Totally agree with the fella you mentioned.....I'd just walk away too. After all, boats are not the only stuff strewn throughout the entire waterways of Brisbane at the moment.
We thought about taking the boat out today in good Aussie Day style, however, the Bay is brown as far as the eye can see and there's still a lot of debris which could cause a lot of damage.
Interestingly, there's been no coverage of the fallout to the wildlife of Moreton Bay post-flood. I hate to imagine how the animals are coping, but most of all, the Indo-Pacific Humpback dolphin which is an estuarine dweller....classified rare and threatened pre-flood.
There has been extensive ecological investigations but it will take time to analyse data and report findings.
Depending on the length of time the water clarity is severely impaired will dictate whether there will be extensive or only minor seagrass loss due to not enough light reaching them. Most mobile organisms (like dolphins) will just move away from the polluted water so them and fish should be fine. Tings that cannot move are more susceptible.
