The sun has set on sea dumping
The tide has turned to recycling
(click image to view larger - NB this image was created by a friend of NSAG last year in Photoshop. We didn’t use it in the campaign partly as we thought the ship looked unrealistically too close and we did not want to give false representation of the sinking - sadly on the day this is almost exactly what it looked like with the surfers right there. See other media photos showing close proximity to the beach here
Our government spent in excess of $8.3 million on this extreme act of environmental vandalism and reckless waste of precious resources.
They also spent $1 million fighting a small community group that exposed the ship did not comply with cleanup guidelines at the time they wanted to dump it in March 2010.
The No Ship Action Group also exposed for the first time in Australia the misinformation and false economy of sea dumping ex military vessels at sea.
They have the beautiful and pristine waters of Jervis Bay as their next target. Avoca Beach could not be saved in time but hopefully this can be stopped before it is too late.
Jobs and Dollars Overboard - the economic case against dumping U.S. naval vessels at sea. Report by the Basel Action Network Dec 2010.