COMMUNITY NOTICES
CRIME REPORT
BRIBIE ISLAND WRAP MAY 2020
www.mypolice.qld.gov.au/moreton WOUNDING CHARGES, BRIBIE ISLAND Police from the Caboolture Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a 44-year-old man after an incident at a Bribie Island shopping centre on Thursday, August 20. Around 5pm an altercation broke out in a car park between two people who were known to each other. A third person became involved when attempting to help their friend. It is alleged the 44-year-old man produced a knife injuring the other two men. One man received an injury to his back, while the second suffered an injury to his stomach. Both were taken to the Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital with serious injuries. A 44-year-old Bellara man handed himself into the Caboolture Police station yesterday and has since been charged with two counts of wounding. He was due to appear in the Caboolture Magistrates court on August 25. VEHICLE OFFENCES: Between midnight on 29 July and midnight on 17 August Spinnaker Drive, Sandstone Point. Queensland number plates 226ZKK stolen from parked vehicle. Unscrewed. Between midday and 6pm on 15 August. Sylvan Beach Esplanade, Bellara New South Wales number plates DLL79Q stolen from parked vehicle. Unscrewed. This week is Queensland Road Safety Week and together with the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) we’re committing to putting road safety first.
Road conditions can change due to a variety of factors from weather, animals, the environment, traffic and roadworks so it’s important to drive to the prevailing conditions. This includes on our state’s rural roads, where there were 136 lives lost and 1,915 people seriously injured in 2019 – that’s more than 60% of total lives lost on our roads.
WHEN DRIVING ON RURAL AND REMOTE ROADS, REMEMBER: •Reduce your speed before nearing the edge of the road and prepare for surface change – the edge may drop off or have loose stones. • If you’re driving towards the west, the afternoon sun can affect your vision. Consider this when planning your trip. • Keep an eye out for livestock and wildlife on or at the side of the road, especially at night. Slow down and beep your horn if you see animals at the edge of the road about to cross. Every hazard on our roads has an impact on how your car will behave. When the conditions outside the vehicle change, you need to adjust the way you drive.Not driving to the conditions can have serious consequences for all road users, so pay attention to what’s happening on the roads, slow down and put road safety first, every trip, every time. Plan ahead and stay safe Familiarise yourself with different conditions that you may experience by visiting https://www. qld.gov.au/transport/safety/road-safety/driving-safely/drivingconditions. Before you head out on the road, check out the road conditions and be prepared: https://roadconditions.racq.com.au/
SLOW DOWN - RELAX...You're on Bribie Island Sanctuary for Fauna and Flora
Wildlife Carers are forever picking up the relentless, sad and distressing carnage left in the wake of careless, speeding drivers of automobiles, boats & jet skis. Marketing gurus are seducing buyers into seeking the power and adrenaline surges associated with operating these lethal machines. Once these powerful vehicles were only in the hands of a skilled competitive elite in dedicated arenas. But now, they are available and marketed to “Everyman” to use anywhere anytime - at the peril of not only our hapless wildlife, but anyone else who presumes to use our byways and highways, National Parks and Marine Parks. SWIMMERS, PADDLE BOARDERS, WILDLIFE, CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS BEWARE!!! BIEPA has received photos from Wildlife Carers called 72 www.thebribieislander.com.au
The Bribie Islander
out, in the last two days, to attend five (5) kangaroo and wallaby “hit and runs” along Sunderland Drive and the Pacific Harbour area. One was a lactating mother whose little joey was found alive in her pouch and rushed to Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital. We are also seeing an increase in our turtles being hit by speeding jet skis and propellor boat strikes in Pumicestone Passage. BIEPA asks: “Do our government representatives (decision makers), who allow this carnage to continue, know that Bribie Island and its surrounding Moreton Bay Marine Park are protected under United Nations, National and State Environmental laws?”
