Rightly or wrongly Perth is perceived in the eyes of many as ‘Dullsville’.
North Port Quay would help erase that tag as it develops into one of the world’s most chic tourist destinations and would cause a ripple effect in revitalizing key infrastructure in Fremantle.
When fully established some 1,000 full-time tourism and hospitality employees would cater for the estimated 10-15 million visitors expected to flock there every year.
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I have only lived in Perth for 3 years but feel I would like my voice heard in relation to the proposed development at North Fremantle.
As a the owner of a small boat I often find myself looking for somewhere to go and find the choice of destinations extremely restrictive. Don’t get me wrong, Roto is absolutely fantastic on a summers day but getting there can be a real drag when the wind is up and as you know this is most days here in Perth. I live in Duncraig and as such the closest boat ramp is Hillarys. The trouble is that Hillarys is well up north and is not an ideal location for a crossing to Roto. The next best option is East Fremantle boat ramp, but its car park soon gets too full and is also located a fair distance upstream from the harbour mouth. I feel that the proposed new development with its boat ramp would be an excellent addition to the boating facilities of the area.
With regard to the Swan River as a boating venue, there is now doubt that it is most beautiful but I cant help thinking that it is also such a missed opportunity. There is mile upon mile of river bank between the harbour and the upper navigable limit and only about three places that you can pull up at a jetty and have a drink or a meal. The proposed new development will rectify these issues by providing a destination to go for a lazy cruse in calm, safe waters and provide numerous opportunities to tie up the boat and enjoy the new waterside restaurants and cafes.
Yes, there will need to be extensive environmental impact studies carried out to ensure that the surrounding reefs and seagrass beds are not damaged by the construction process and changes in water currents but surely this is not beyond the wit of man.
My final comment is that it is about time the silent majority got off their buts and voiced their support for this project or it will be drowned by the usual stream of narrow minded anti change mouth pieces.
An excellent idea. I hope it gets off the drawing board.
Hiya, for what it is worth we think that North Port Quay is an absolutely brilliant idea and our fingers are crossed that is eventually gets the green light and gets off the ground.
We have a boat and continually 'moan' about the lack of facilities for the boating community around Perth - this would be somewhere that we would visit frequently, and not just in our boat.
All the very best with the bureaucrats - so far (I believe) their arguement against has been pathetic!
Good luck
i have had a look at the video, the website and have read most of the article pertaining to this development and i am truely amazed. I was a bit unsure at first but my god, if this proposal goes through, it can mean such big things for not only the people who will live at north port, the people who will visit it and more importantly, Perth as a whole!
The fact that it truely can be a carbon free development blows my mind and the amount of thought and detail gone into the plannin amazes me, especially why so many people can not see past their own agendas and see what a trule incredible peice of reality this could be.
I wish the older people in our community and those in places to make the decisions would put their personal vendettas to control everything and everyone aside and take a good look at what this development proposes and what it could mean for our little city. God knows they probably havn't even taken the time to sit down with anyone and really take a good look it.
Perth needs something and i hope that this is it. Good on everyone involved and all the best with trying to get this development of the ground.
This definitely beats the bell tower as far as creating positive social benefits for Perth and Western Australia! Its just what W.A. needs.
Love the project, cant wait until we have a Darling Harbour like Sydney.
My god Perth is boring. I am 27 male professional. I worked back late last night, then caught up with a friend for a meal in the city. There was nothing open. Dont get me wrong, I love a good pub meal and a pint, but after that, there was nothing to do. We ended up going home.
This new development provides us with the perfect opportunity to mix business with pleasure. How many companies will be fighting to have their offices in Freo over looking one on the more beautiful quays in the world? Imagine finnishing work and heading down to that bustling board walk? What are we so afraid of, people making noise? Gee, come on Perth, welcome to 2008 and live a little
North Port Quay... What a brilliant idea . Having recently returned from overseas Perth really is dull with very little facilities, and not only for the boating community. Good luck and hope it goes ahead.
The the only real dullness in Perth emenates from those people who are so empty of imagination that they think they think coastal development, boat pens and coastal high rise to make their lives meaningful.
True vibrancy in a community comes from imaginitive, creative people who express themselves through art and cultural enrichment on a human scale. It exists in Fremantle now.
Filling a place up full of aspirational, imagination poor, asset rich people, is like filling a coffee cup just with froth, or glass with fizz.
This sort after 'vibrancy', and to some degree the false marketing of Perth as Dullsville, is created from people who seek to profit from "cookie cutter" boom time resort style real estate ideas, false want generation (such as success is money, or owning a big car and stink boat with a private pen to house it). There's no vibrancy in that approach. It's fools gold.
High impact, large coastal development, as proposed, is the creation of a large empty space and filling it up with fakery and plastic franchises (empty smile, costumed employment oppurtunities).
If someone is tempted to pipe up saying they think I'm jealous because maybe I want a boat and a plastic chair in which to sip a substandard beverage, I'll just clear that up right here, I actually pity those who measure their worth by external trappings that are on offer in the blurb presented by the developers.
The key, Perth sense of place, giving assets of fresh air, wide open ocean vistas, public beach access to real beaches, clean water to swim in and clear skies and viewscapes are the things that are under threat by large coastal development impacts like the North Quay proposal.
If you claim or market Perth, it's people, places and its beaches as 'dull' then maybe the dullness is not in the place but within the individual or development corporation.
At first I thought this proposal may have been too big for Dulsville & may have had environmental problems, but having briefly viewed it, my only concern would be Seaweed build up at Leighton & beaches further north.
Good luck we need more of this sort of development which addresses & overcomes many of our current shortages.This is so much more positive than negative.
It's a much better idea than 3 harbours. Instead of losing our beaches, this development promises more. Development has to happen at some stage, and this is the best place for it. Not sure about the high-rise aspect, but overall it's a good thing.
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