It's official...The Mackerels Islands are Closing their doors
Submitted by GT POPPER on Thu, 2012-05-10 16:32
Heard it from 2 sources now...end of June is the last week for the mackerel Islands...seems the mining boys have aquired the lease of the island...no more fishing from Thevenard Island
Sad Times eh!!
metroLBfisher
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for good?
for good?
Good things come to those who bait
GT POPPER
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Well who knows....My guess
Well who knows....My guess would be as long as they need the island facilities
Faulkner Family
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that sux for those that fish
that sux for those that fish the area. does this mean you are not allowed near the island in a boat or just fish from its shores
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Bones76
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hope not - i'm booked in
hope not - i'm booked in there for August
GT POPPER
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Best Check with Drew bud...
Best Check with Drew bud...
quadfisher
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can of worms?
funny was just on there website , lots of bookings for sep aug , still with some
vacancies left then , so they must still be taking them?
not saying your wrong , but you may be incorrect, hehe.
quadfisher
MattMiller
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Yeah heard this
from the boys at Western Angler. Apparently their WANGLER Mack Islands 2012 trip is the last booking (last week of June)
Anyone who thinks their booked in after that might want to get on the phone
GT POPPER
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Spot on Matt, I spoke to
Spot on Matt, I spoke to Scotty yesterday and they were originally booked in for August, so a few spots left for the Wrangler MI Farewell Trip end June
dodgy
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Yep. All over. We got the bad
Yep. All over. We got the bad news late last year.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Paully
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Theres something really
wrong about that - not that Ivé been there, was planning it though.
meglodon
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has anybody asked the lodge to verify the rumour
think it might be an idea if an email was sent to the island manager before panicking a lot of people
Brucesta
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i rang Drew this morning and
i rang Drew this morning and he confirmed the bad news, no firm date but theya ren't taking any bookings, there goes my boys trip in october and family trip next easter
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fishy fingers
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Not too sure about the mining bit
I was talking to phil from compleate angler on tuesday (he went up there wednesday) and I mentioned this, He was saying chevron are pulling the pin have to take all there infastructure with them this include the power water etc even the runway has to be removed so unless the mining companies are going to replace all that the camp cant function
so will have to go
Fraser 5.25
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Chevron will close down
Chevron will close down Thevenard Island when Gorgon kicks off it's gas plant which I thought was at least next year or 2014. The camp for the mackeral islands gets power and water from TVI but I thought that Chevron would keep on going whilst it was demolishing/moth balling the plant and assets but maybe plans have changed.
fishy fingers
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everything has to go
or so I'm told
Mr Bigalow
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that sucks, m islands are
that sucks, m islands are great...
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uncle
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bugger
magic place,had some great trips there,can they relocate to direction island,probably do alot for onslow with more people there doing day trips
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rayzor23
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p#SSed off
We are booked in for July 7.
letsgofishing
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well that sucks
i had to cancell my first trip there which was meant to be last week.
Bugger poop poo bum
jay_burgess
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I'm not sure of the exact
I'm not sure of the exact agreement but from what I've heard the Mackerel Islands rely on Chevron for power and water so when TVI shuts down so does the Mackerels... I would have thought they would be able to keep operating for a while longer though as it's going to take quite a while to decommission the island but obviously not which is unfortunate.
Versus
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Does that mean you'll be able
Does that mean you'll be able to just camp there instead?
sea-kem
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I remember when we did trips
I remember when we did trips up there years ago that calm was very strict on the enviromental impact even fag butts. I would say it would be in their contract that it would have to be left as clean as when they moved in so absolutely nothing left. My bet is it'll be turned into a marine sancturary so that'll be the end of the fun. Sad days for such a top destination. Anyone remember cranky Bernie?
Love the West!
dodgy
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Yep. Dragging tigers up the
Yep. Dragging tigers up the beach with the tractor.
Guess the charter business pays better though.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Brucesta
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a work mate told me back in
a work mate told me back in the day it was run off a big genny but the place had no power at night and was all gas lights fingers crossed something can be done, such a shame to lose such a great place, pissed it took me so long to discover. oh well time to pay 3x the amaount to go to west moore island then.... i think not!
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rayzor23
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Word is that they will only
Word is that they will only close for a couple years and re open
meglodon
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has anyone been given a reason
has anyone been given a reason for the closure, i know people are saying when tvi (i think it is) pull out their power plant etc the place will have to close not having been there is there a gas production facility on the island or what do chevron and tvi do on the island. is it a calm directed thing or another gov authority driven thing . If anyone can clarify what and why it would be appreciated
Nauti Buoy
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Drew
Drew informed me that the directors of the island have decided on a temorary closure due to the business becoming unviable as a result of the current circumstances in Onslow. Apparently bookings are way down and the island is having trouble recieving services from the mainland- everyone is too busy looking after wheatstone. He knew nothing about some of the rumours talked about in this thread.
Not sure whether there is more to it than what we have been told- only recieved a phone call to cancel, no formal correspondance even though i have asked for it. My bet is the resort will be housing workers within 6 months.
meglodon
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i think you are right on the money!
my bet is that with the land shortage in Onslow and that there needs to be a huge amount of accomidation for workers on the wheatstone project chevron have decided to build accomidation for the wheatstone project on thevenard, it is only a hop skip and a jump from Onslow no town councils to put a stick in the spokes of accomidation projects and all the workers there can be controled so far as their drinking habits go. There is already a strip on the island for flying in and out.
To me it looks all to sweet for chevron not to take advantage of and after construction of wheatstone all can go back to normal
pale ale
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Any more news about the
Any more news about the Mackie Islands? Planning on a fishing trip in October, dont really need any facilities as I can live aboard my boat. Just curious?