Save Kirra Paddle out on Australia Day …Raging Success
The Save Kirra paddle out on Australia Day was a great success with 1300-1500 people paddling out to form a map of Australia.
The actual map of Australia didnt quite eventuate mainly because of the sheer number of people who paddled out.
The media coverage was massive with many articles popping up all over the internet.
There was a lot of television news stories as well
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24965511-3102,00.html
http://www.surfermag.com/features/onlineexclusives/kirra_protest_paddleout-demonstration/
http://www.surfingthemag.com/news/surfing-pulse/bring-back-kirra-012609/
This photo below shows that the map of Australia almost got there

Hers a few of the stories and photos on the net
- Kirra Beach, Queensland, Australia. Monday January 26 2009.
Over one thousand five hundred people paddled out at Kirra Beach today to protest the loss of the world famous surfing location Kirra Point. The Australia Day Paddle Out focused community attention on the wipeout of Kirra Point due to the massive build up of sand from the Tweed River Sand Bypass. Photo: joliphotos.com












