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    LETTER OF THE MONTH

    Sep 20, 2019 2 minutes

    HORSESHOE SHENANIGANS

    Hi,

    I don’t know if you are aware of the proposed changes to limit anchoring in Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island.

    I only became aware that water sports operators claim that their highspeed activities bring them into unsafe proximity to anchored vessels and want all anchoring banned in Horseshoe Bay so that they can

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