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12). The consultants found that the island community wanted no
alienation of public land within the Emerald Fringe and no additional
buildings on the foreshore because of concerns regarding the
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ecological impacts of any construction.

There were further community protests in 2012 regarding possible
ecological damage when it was proposed to run a major triathlon
through the Emerald Fringe. Over two hundred island residents and
ratepayers petitioned the Council not to approve the event, which
was then transferred to a mainland site.

In 2013, after a storm surge from Cyclone Oswald eroded parts of
the Emerald Fringe on Norfolk Beach, a community working bee saw
residents join together to revegetate the area (see attachment 13).
Two weeks before the cyclone, a Coastcare group had been formed
thus joining the then sixteen year old Bushcare group of volunteers
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in caring regularly for the Emerald Fringe. A Native Plant Nursery
was established in 2009 to work for the revegetation of
Coochiemudlo Island with native flora.

To further indicate the Islanders strong connection with the Emerald
Fringe, this application for entering the Emerald Fringe on the state
Heritage Register has received the backing of a variety of island
groups: Isle of Coochie Golf Club Inc, Coochiemudlo Island Progress
Association Inc, Coochiemudlo Island Recreation Club inc,
Coochiemudlo Island Bushcare Group, the Coochiemudlo Island

42 Friend and Associates, Land Management Plan.
43 Coochiemudlo Island Coastcare,
http://coochiemudloislandcoastcare.org.au/about/ Accessed 10 June 2017.