Dear No Ship Supporter

Firstly, sorry for the delay in communication, it has been a massive week in the No Ship Action Group following the interest generated by the rally. A big thank you to everyone who came, it was a great turnout and generated huge media coverage. Time is running out now and the ship is due to be towed early next week and we urgently need your help to stop it.

We have enlisted the help of a well respected coastal geoscientist and climatologist plus a coastal engineer whose 1994 report was used as a source of data for the environmental assessment (REF) of the HMAS Adelaide sinking. They have found important omissions in the REF and predict serious consequences for Avoca which include:

• ship will cause a change in wave refraction which is likely to cause over a 5 metre permanent reduction of the beach, endangering property especially at North Avoca
• ship is in a closed beach compartment causing the likely toxic pollutants that will leach out to concentrate within the area
• no ocean circulation modelling undertaken
• no consideration of local hydrodynamics of the bay eg. letting out of the lake at least twice a year and the presence of mega rips
• no testing of sediment transfer between where the ship is placed and the beach (studies show that this sandbed significantly contributes to beach replenishment)

We need money immediately to pay for scientific reporting, professional federal lobbyists and legal assistance if we are to have a fighting chance to stop this now. This evidence is so damning it would be negligent for the government to proceed. We can win this with your help.

We have over 3000 supporters now and we need everyone to give a donation to pay for these essential services.  To donate is simple, just go to www.noship.com.au and there is a donate button in top right corner. Or if you prefer to email avoca@noship.com.au and we can contact you on other ways to donate.We need to go hard now or its all over…