Rumor.
Submitted by Deckie on Sun, 2019-12-08 10:05
Rumor has it that Twiggy Forrest has purchased the Lighthouse caravan park in Exmouth and shut it down. Looks like another "Eco Tourism " facility going up there. Damn shame for long term holiday makers & fishos. Perfect place to stay between two boat ramps....
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SpotHound
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Boat Left
His eco boat left Femantle this week headed north, maybe to check it out !
VIC DORY
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He got it for stuff all too,
He got it for stuff all too, funny that it never went to the open market for anyone else to buy it.
dodgy
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It was advertised on the
It was advertised on the open market. Was for sale for a couple of years. If you do a google search there are still adds listing it for sale.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
VIC DORY
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I heard he also purchased
I heard he also purchased the actual light house
Paul N
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Twiggy
Twiggy has owned the lighthouse for 12 months . Stayed there
March last year and he was the new owner then . Didn't know it was now shut down though was looking to stay there early next year
dodgy
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This was all done a fair
This was all done a fair while back.
Now watch him push for the road up and over cape range so he has control over the whole Vlamingh head area.
The bit that I find most interesting is for someone out there making so much noise on marine parks and waving a freshly purchased PhD in marine science he has stayed totally quiet in the gulf development debate.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Swompa
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We see what's happening in
We see what's happening in the right hand but the left hand is under the table doing dodgy stuff...
Jim
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Greedy fuk in my opinion
Greedy fuk in my opinion
Bend over
sea-kem
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He's a very astute
He's a very astute businessman. I don't know why you'd knock him, nothing greedy about it. I don't agree with all his ethics but he does a lot of philanthropic good work.
Love the West!
little johnny
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He also owns
Blue lagoon mussels now. Down sth mussel farm also. Believe he is going to try jap pearls down sth.
carnarvonite
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Oysters
Has major leases in Shark Bay for growing rock oysters, processing plant to be established where Carnarvon Sea Rescue now stands and the new rescue building to go opposite the blue shed tackle shop
Faulkner Family
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He is a stride business man.
He is a stride business man. He has a lot of eggs in a lot of baskets. Also he does look after others. Where would the wa rugby team be without him .
But the old saying the rich get richer .
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
rob90
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Money buys money
Money buys money
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
uncle
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Just not allowed to drill
On his property but he can where ever he wants.
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Coastrunner
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News article
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-10/andrew-forrest-ningaloo-reef-luxury-eco-resort-100-million-plan/11776190
Hmmm....
Jim
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Hes got the money and
Hes got the money and standing to influence many to push his own personal beliefs/gains despite what is actually best for the community. Hope he falls off that horse and cracks his head real hard! jmo tall poppy syndrome maybe but his 'interest' in marine science will not end well for the fisherman. im not a fan of the bloke at all
Bend over
Moking
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Here's the latest
Here's the latest Plans/Drawings:local-development-plan-–-ningaloo-lighthouse-resort-–-lot-2-and-lot-557-yardie-creek-road
My Dad taught me how to Fish-Thanks Dad.(RIP)
Noxious
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Ecotourism is a bit of an
Ecotourism is a bit of an oxymoron, and is generally 'green washing' at best. I think Twiggy does some good stuff, but as a fishmerman, I have my concerns.
As a fisherman and a keen observer, some things I wonder about all this from the above article and a few others I've read.
- Investment of $100m, into tourism and research. How much of this $100m is for the resort and how much is research?
- '$100m' Ecoresort owned by one of the country's richest men. How long before he buys his own licenses to do whale shark/manta ray tours himself? Rather than the added resort guests servicing the local operators.
- Ecotourism, Ecotourism, Ecotourism... how long before big chunks of the area are locked out to fishing in the name of marine parks?
Brock O
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Better him than the
Better him than the Chinese...
sea-kem
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Love the West!
little johnny
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I thought he done a fair bit
For community not sure . As pointed out above rather it be him
meglodon
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The chinese eat whale sharks
I thought that I read some where that the Chinese and Japanese eat whale sharks, whales, sharks and any other thing that swims in any of the worlds oceans.
Has anyone noticed the decrees in the metro blowie population of late.
Swompa
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Does this make sense to
Does this make sense to anyone else? LOL
Mitch88
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Little Johnny I see the blue
Little Johnny I see the blue lagoon boys have some nice new shiny trailers, rumour are the pajeros will be swapped out soon to.
Subaquatic
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Twiggy may be astute, but he
Twiggy may be astute, but he is also ruthless, with a trail of broken WA subcontractors in his wake. First thing you need when dealing with Twiggy is a team of good lawyers and lots of cash.
Alan James
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You are being too kind
Unscrupulous is the word that comes to my mind. During the early construction phase FMG clearly had a cash flow problem. Their mitigation strategy was to screw all contractors and subcontractors which they did at will. It is somewhat ironic that he now makes significant contributions to philanthropic organisations that he has set up. Unfortunately that won't help the contractors and subcontractors FMG used to finance their project.
I had the misfortune to be involved on both the Murrin Murrin and FMG projects. Imagine doing work for Tony Galati, a la the Spudshed and being offered xyz tonnes of potatoes in lieu of a monthly progress payment.