June 3, 2025 • 4 mins
It's long been discussed for the Gold Coast, but is the Cableway something the GC needs and if so, how do we do it in an environmentally friendly way?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So some great news for the Gold Coast today, probably
a David Crisa fully who was in my dream the
other night, which is just really weird, but that's it
in a sight. No he was, No, it wasn't any yep.
Stop it's okay, okay, and try to justify what happened anyway.
He is announced today that seventeen million dollars will be
given to the Gold Coast to Springbook National Park as
(00:21):
part of the Destination twenty forty five tourism plants. So
basically that money is going to be used to jug
it up new toilet facilities, visitor center, a bridge, a
car park, more walking trails and things like that.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
A sled right from top to bottom.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
No, Trevor, not a sleep right this opportunity? Yeah, absolutely,
how good would that be? But he has said that
he hoped the cableway, which we've discussed many many times
on this show over the years, would form part of
the projects, and he said, no, counsel's keen for it
to happen. It is quite ambitious for these types of projects.
I do think they can be done with minimal environmental impact. Okay,
(00:58):
So that's why we're going to discuss this afternoon about
whether or not. I mean, people are very very passionate
about this. It's either a very massive yes or a
very massive no. But we want to hear both sides
of it today. Of course, it's going to bring more
tourism to the Gold Coast, to that area and everything
like that. We want to know, though, what do you
think you all concerned about?
Speaker 2 (01:15):
It would be the wildlife and doing all the different structures.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Yeah, environment up there. Yeah, but then it's letther be better, right, I.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Guess people who live there live there because you can't
get to it.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Yes, yes, the whole idea of living there. Yes, So
it's the tranquility and the.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Piece off You can see why they don't want.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Absolutely all right, we want to know what you think.
And we've gone thraight to the top. You've gone to
We've got Dave Copan as a director of the Queens
and conversation conversation. Thank you, counsel. How embarrassing anyway, Dave,
what are you going to have a conversation? Okay? Please?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Do I welcome today's announcement of seventeen million, but I
don't welcome the proposition of the cable way. Yep, there
shouldn't be a caveleway through World Heritage property. Yeah, there
is a property that the world has asked us to
protect and look after, and we share and we protect
for the world. They're already being considered of concern because
(02:08):
of the impacts of the fires. These are pressure forests
of more than one hundred million years. We shouldn't be
damaging them with a high risk activity and private profits
being made off this in an area of a really
fragile ecosystem. So we're calling on David Chrisflie to keep
doing what he's doing, which is investing in infrastructure, and
stop talking about a project if it's going to go
(02:29):
through the World heriagage area of this precious national park.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
I forget, Like you said, how many millions of years old?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
More than one hundred million years.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
That's amazing and it's right here.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Extraordinary. It's beautiful. I love it. I love Springbrook. I
remember seeing Albert's Liboard when I just started walking down
the track there a little while ago. It's an incredible
place that we're so lucky to have, and we shouldn't
be damaging it with a risky tourism proposition that's really
been pushed. I think just as part of an economic
development plan, we should be cherishing and caring for these areas.
(03:04):
How big are the trails, Dave, Well, you can go
through from Springbook to Lamington and that's seventeen k Yeah.
So you know, it's a nice walk and you go
up and down a lot. And this is one of
the issues is that it can be pretty steep and
that's also means that the you know, the topography is
pretty slippy. If you're putting in big pylons in there,
(03:25):
you've got a real problem if you see a landslide.
I mean, I don't know if you've seen some of
the slides there when a big tree goes down. We
don't want to see that kind of impact occurring from
harmful development in this space. We want to keep it
really light impact. I think a better idea would be
an incredible like World Heritage visitor center which you could
build adjacent to the National Park, which would be like
(03:48):
really something special that explains the incredible history and the
first nation's cultural heritage and the incredible animals and plants
we have.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Wonderfully. You've also got a position petition on your website.
Queensland conservation dot org, dot au Dave, thank you very
much for you Titan this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yeah, you're welcome, Victor from the drive on one day
to night, not tomorrow.
So some great news for the Gold Coast today, probably
a David Crisa fully who was in my dream the
other night, which is just really weird, but that's it
in a sight. No he was, No, it wasn't any yep.
Stop it's okay, okay, and try to justify what happened anyway.
He is announced today that seventeen million dollars will be
given to the Gold Coast to Springbook National Park as
(00:21):
part of the Destination twenty forty five tourism plants. So
basically that money is going to be used to jug
it up new toilet facilities, visitor center, a bridge, a
car park, more walking trails and things like that.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
A sled right from top to bottom.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
No, Trevor, not a sleep right this opportunity? Yeah, absolutely,
how good would that be? But he has said that
he hoped the cableway, which we've discussed many many times
on this show over the years, would form part of
the projects, and he said, no, counsel's keen for it
to happen. It is quite ambitious for these types of projects.
I do think they can be done with minimal environmental impact. Okay,
(00:58):
So that's why we're going to discuss this afternoon about
whether or not. I mean, people are very very passionate
about this. It's either a very massive yes or a
very massive no. But we want to hear both sides
of it today. Of course, it's going to bring more
tourism to the Gold Coast, to that area and everything
like that. We want to know, though, what do you
think you all concerned about?
Speaker 2 (01:15):
It would be the wildlife and doing all the different structures.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Yeah, environment up there. Yeah, but then it's letther be better, right, I.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Guess people who live there live there because you can't
get to it.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Yes, yes, the whole idea of living there. Yes, So
it's the tranquility and the.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Piece off You can see why they don't want.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Absolutely all right, we want to know what you think.
And we've gone thraight to the top. You've gone to
We've got Dave Copan as a director of the Queens
and conversation conversation. Thank you, counsel. How embarrassing anyway, Dave,
what are you going to have a conversation? Okay? Please?
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Do I welcome today's announcement of seventeen million, but I
don't welcome the proposition of the cable way. Yep, there
shouldn't be a caveleway through World Heritage property. Yeah, there
is a property that the world has asked us to
protect and look after, and we share and we protect
for the world. They're already being considered of concern because
(02:08):
of the impacts of the fires. These are pressure forests
of more than one hundred million years. We shouldn't be
damaging them with a high risk activity and private profits
being made off this in an area of a really
fragile ecosystem. So we're calling on David Chrisflie to keep
doing what he's doing, which is investing in infrastructure, and
stop talking about a project if it's going to go
(02:29):
through the World heriagage area of this precious national park.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
I forget, Like you said, how many millions of years old?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
More than one hundred million years.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
That's amazing and it's right here.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Extraordinary. It's beautiful. I love it. I love Springbrook. I
remember seeing Albert's Liboard when I just started walking down
the track there a little while ago. It's an incredible
place that we're so lucky to have, and we shouldn't
be damaging it with a risky tourism proposition that's really
been pushed. I think just as part of an economic
development plan, we should be cherishing and caring for these areas.
(03:04):
How big are the trails, Dave, Well, you can go
through from Springbook to Lamington and that's seventeen k Yeah.
So you know, it's a nice walk and you go
up and down a lot. And this is one of
the issues is that it can be pretty steep and
that's also means that the you know, the topography is
pretty slippy. If you're putting in big pylons in there,
(03:25):
you've got a real problem if you see a landslide.
I mean, I don't know if you've seen some of
the slides there when a big tree goes down. We
don't want to see that kind of impact occurring from
harmful development in this space. We want to keep it
really light impact. I think a better idea would be
an incredible like World Heritage visitor center which you could
build adjacent to the National Park, which would be like
(03:48):
really something special that explains the incredible history and the
first nation's cultural heritage and the incredible animals and plants
we have.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Wonderfully. You've also got a position petition on your website.
Queensland conservation dot org, dot au Dave, thank you very
much for you Titan this afternoon.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yeah, you're welcome, Victor from the drive on one day
to night, not tomorrow.
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