For those who have an interest in the scale of earthworks undertaken in the Upper Darling region by major  irrigators, courtesy of Google Earth, FWU can take you to  one such development, at Cubbie Station. The image below shows merely ONE INLET to the THIRTY THREE THOUSAND HECTARES of irrigated cotton country owned by the Cubbie Group - on this the driest continent on the planet.

To take a tour of this huge water-sucking enterprise, simply copy and paste the following coordinates into the "Fly To" window of Google Earth and you will see for yourself the lengths to which the Cubbie Group has gone to ensure that water is diverted from the nation's rivers into their irrigation system:  -28.6117048382 148.005713781 (don't forget the "-" )

This is only one example of the diversion channels put in place by organisations which  have the temerity to state publicly that they have an "almost negligible" impact on the Murray-Darling. 

If you feel motivated by this image you may care to contact the following entities and individuals who are invested in these selfish and destructive activities:

Tell them what you think.....

CUBBIE:  

Chairman  Keith De Lacy: Fax: 61 7 3229 1776 ; Director: Peter Forbes: Fax: 61 7 3360 3986

Joint managing directors: John Grabbe, Paul Brimblecombe: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it    

CUBBIE'S MAIN FINANCIERS:

National Australia Bank:
Ric Shadforth: Media Relations Business Partner - Agribusiness: +61 (0)2 9237 1518 / +61 (0)447 395 889 or via  http://www.nabgroup.com/0,,33879,00.html

 Suncorp: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 

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