Friends of Pooh Corner condemn planned mass shooting of Kangaroos at Wacol and Pooh Corner. See More

Wild kangaroos at Wacol in South West Brisbane (photo taken 25th April 2007)

DRAFT Kangaroo Management Strategy Released

The Qld government has released the DRAFT Wacol Government Precinct Kangaroo Management Strategy. Friends of Pooh Corner has received it in the mail and will put comments on the strategy on this page soon. So it is easily available to the community, it can be downloaded from here:

Pooh Corner was not "swapped" to allow Metroplex to destroy old growth habitat trees at the former Sanananda Military Barracks.

Last updated 20 June 2007.

Metroplex is currently trying to get approval from the Brisbane City Council to destroy 750 native trees including 165 old growth habitat trees at the former Sanananda military barracks (Approximately 1.1 sq km in size).

Metroplex have argued in their planning permit applicaiton that the decision by the Commonwealth Goverment to sell Pooh Corner to the Brisbane City Council in 2005 for $1 means it is now acceptable for the company to destroy these old growth trees pictured below.
Friends of Pooh Corner reject this proposition. See more.

When the Commonwealth Government sold the former Wacol Army Barracks, they recommended these old growth scribbly gums pictured be preserved for all time. Metroplex wants the Brisbane City Council to grant permission for these trees to be destroy to make way for another industrial estate.

Of the 1.1 square kilometre site, Metroplex wants to modify approximately 88%. To do this the proposal is to destroy 750 trees including 165 oldgrowth habitat trees, the only original vegetation to be retained being approximately 12ha(12%) along waterways which cannot be developed anyway due to fooding issues.

Friends of Pooh Corner are not opposed to development at the former Sanananda military barracks. However we urge Metroplex to redraw their plans to perserve as many old growth habitat trees as possible starting with the area the Commonwealth Government recommended be preserve (approximately 3ha or about 4% of the total area Metroplex wants developed). See more