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Paradise Lost?
The third impact area is fairly obvious; the development of a major mining industry between the Buccaneer Archipelago, Mitchell Plateau and Cape Londonderry, and the fourth is the economic and social impact, and we can see examples of what happens here far closer to home - in the Pilbara. Service and hospitality areas are the first to suffer, because local employers can't go anywhere near offering the salaries the mines do. This in turn has an impact on tourism as quality of service and food declines. Home prices rocket (Karratha is a prime example), putting rental properties out of the reach of those not employed by the mining industry. Airline ticket prices increase as mining companies block book seats, meaning there are fewer for locals. Airline tickets to and from Newman, Karratha and Port Hedland, for example are more expensive and difficult to book than other regional areas.
"Tourism in the Kimberley relies on the wilderness and its natural beauty - that's what they come for, from all around the country and from overseas - to spend time in one of the world's last great wilderness areas," says Kevin Blatchford, who's owned and operated an extended tour vessel throughout the Kimberley coast for the past 15 years.
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Which brings us to the question very few people seem to be asking. What happens when the gas and ore runs out? (The gas reserves, for example, have an estimated life of 40 years.) Certainly, companies and governments will have made a lot of money, but the tourist appeal and environmental integrity of the Kimberley will have been completely destroyed - forever. There are very few tourists breaking their necks to visit Port Kembla.
"Tourism in the Kimberley relies on the wilderness and its natural beauty - that's what they come for, from all around the country and from overseas - to spend time in one of the world's last great wilderness areas," says Kevin Blatchford, who's owned and operated an extended tour vessel throughout the Kimberley coast for the past 15 years.
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Which brings us to the question very few people seem to be asking. What happens when the gas and ore runs out? (The gas reserves, for example, have an estimated life of 40 years.) Certainly, companies and governments will have made a lot of money, but the tourist appeal and environmental integrity of the Kimberley will have been completely destroyed - forever. There are very few tourists breaking their necks to visit Port Kembla.
