By Ashleigh Fielding | posted on January 19, 2018
CAMPAIGNERS against a proposed five-star holiday resort at Lot 660 La Perouse Court in Goode Beach have taken a new petition to the streets in an attempt to gauge a wider awareness and response from the Albany community.
An online petition dubbed ‘Save the Lake @ Goode Beach’ began last fortnight and has received more than 4000 signatures supporting the protection of Lake Vancouver and the surrounding wetlands, which would be cleared to make way for the proposed resort.
Lobbyists attended the Albany Farmers Market on Saturday with their paper petition and received more then 60 signatures within an hour of setting up camp.
Goode Beach resident Warren Flynn said campaigners had decided to begin a paper petition to give a broader range of people the opportunity to support their cause.
“We realised some people couldn’t access online, so we thought this would be a good way to raise more general awareness,” Mr Flynn said.
“I think a paper petition may have a bit more sway with the Albany council too.”
Albany local Brian Walters added his signature to the petition and said he saw both sides of the Goode Beach resort argument, but believed the resort would be eliminating one of the reasons Albany gains so many tourists during the holidays.
“People forget that tourists come here to get away from what’s in the city,” he said.
“[Tourists] come here to see these pristine locations, so by building a resort, they would be taking away one of the reasons they come here.”
Goode Beach campaigners are aiming to attend this Sunday’s Albany Boatshed Markets to gain more signatures in support of protecting Lake Vancouver.
