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It seemed for a while there everyone was building marinas hoping to attract money-splashing boat-owners to small coastal communities while destroying the coast and small local communities. I wrote this one six years ago and it originally appeared in James Cook Uni\u2019s combined March \/ October LiNQ in 2006 named Earthly Things<\/a><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n flow-on effect<\/span><\/p>\n Pt Vincent, South Australia jan 2004<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n \n where once the sheoak grew on flats<\/p>\n a coast has been reclaimed<\/em><\/p>\n \n in this new age marina<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n translates as El Dorado<\/em><\/p>\n \n high rollers washing in<\/p>\n flotsam of the affluent<\/p>\n multiplier effect<\/p>\n yielded in its wake<\/p>\n \n quondongs<\/p>\n are \u00a0parasites<\/p>\n donating fruit.<\/p>\n \n Developers<\/p>\n say their fruit<\/p>\n will come in time.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n .<\/p>\n \n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It seemed for a while there everyone was building marinas hoping to attract money-splashing boat-owners to small coastal communities while destroying the coast and small local communities. I wrote this one six years ago and it originally appeared in James … Continue reading