Dear supporter,

Thank you for signing the petition to Protect Pumicestone Passage and the Northern Inter-Urban Break.   We now need you to take the most important and critical step.

This is the only opportunity to stop the large inapropriate Big4 style Tourist Park at Coochin Creek - within the Protected Northern Inter Urban Break (NIUB) and next to the Ramsar listed Pumicestone Passage, one of Queensland's most sensitive and internalltional significatn wetlands.

While the petition shows strong community opposition, the Ministerial Call-In process is now open for public consultation and requires properly made submissions to be lodged by Monday, 17 November (easy to do with help provided). Without resounding community objection, the Minister may approve the development.

Why This Matters

• The development is not eco-tourism – it's a Big4-style tourist park with 150 sites (cabins and caravan/camp sites), a water park, pool, bars, and large buildings and more on the banks of Pumicestone Passage.
• It conflicts with State planning laws, the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme, and the Northern Inter-Urban Break regulatory protections.
• The State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA) has already recommended refusal, citing no public need and no significant economic benefit that would warrant its location in the NIUB, while posing significant environmental risks.
• Council raised serious concerns before the decision was taken out of their hands by the State Planning Minister at the request of the developer.
• The site is in a bushfire-prone area, accessed by a single rural road through a high-fire risk pine plantation  – a risk to guests, visitors and the neighbouring community.

What You Need to Do

Act now and make your objection count:

• Copy the template provided here
• Add your reasons – a list of important reasons you can include is provided to make it easy, and then make it your own.
• Email your objection to: deputy.premier@ministerial.qld.gov.au (cc's provided in template)
• Dont forget to include your full name and address – required for your submission to be 'properly made' and thus count. This personal info will be redacted when objections are published.
• Send by 17 November 2025.

Please share this update widely. Forward this email to friends, family, and networks. Post on social media. Encourage others to act now.

What's Next

This is just the beginning. A second objection will soon be needed once the public consultation phase starts for the proposed 35,000-person music and exhibition venue by the same developer on an adjacent site. Together, these projects and the developer's stated future vision, would smash the protected Passage and greenbelt and the values for which they are currently protected.

Let’s protect Pumicestone Passage and the Northern Inter-Urban Break for future generations.

Thank you for standing with us.