Email to Kangaroo Island Council, 2011.09.22

I am an experienced surfer/traveller and a huge fan of Kangaroo Island.
I know how these events pan out.

This event’s problem is simple – Proximity and Risk.
The fact that so much has HAD to have been done shows exactly this.

Where there is a risk to something so precious the answer should be no.

Dropping the surf comp and having a music festival near Kingscote would have been a win/win.
People would have travelled to KI, had a ball, injected cash into the local economy.

If KI’s marketers can’t sell tourism to this amazing place without risking wildlife etc then we need a new marketing team.

I will be looking to inspect the Cost/Benefit of this event – it has already had a significiantly negative social impact. If it also has a negative environmental impact and a negative financial impact heads will roll; at this point I will better discover who has done what and where the blame can be placed.

Regards
Chris Slayer