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Article: Qld; Light rail system would be Fraser Island attraction
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- February 22, 2000
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AAP General News (Australia)
02-22-2000
Qld; Light rail system would be Fraser Island attraction
BRISBANE, Feb 22 AAP - A light rail system for the World Heritage-listed Fraser Island
would be a tourist attraction and help protect the environment, an environmental activist
said today.
John Sinclair, who heads the group Fraser Island Defenders' Organisation (FIDO), commissioned
a report by engineering consultants Gutteridge, Haskins and Davey.
The report showed that the island's fragile ecosystem was being severely degraded by
around 400,000 visitors each year, most of whom came in four-wheel drive vehicles and
tour buses which crossed the island via sand tracks.
The study examined a ...