Elimate Dengue Trial in Machans Beach
	Mosquito Field trial - Wolbachia is a naturally occurring bacterium already present in many different insects that live in the Machans Beach area but not in the mosquito that transmits dengue between people - known as Aedes aegypti. We have introduced Wolbachia into this mosquito and found that it reduces the mosquito's ability to transmit dengue virus. With the support of Machans Beach residents we began releasing Wolbachia infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the community on 4th January and have been releasing weekly every Wednesday since then, and will continue to do so until April. Regular updates can be read in Machanations
For more information on the campaign visit www.eliminatedengue.com

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A new rock wall is being proposed for Machans Beach

>> Download the pictures as pdf <<
Have Your Say on the Rock Wall feedback@cairns.qld.gov.au

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In Late 2010 Cairns Airport released its Draft Land Use Plan which included the possibility of a future second runway.

NEW WEBSITE

www.mangroveprotect.com.au

www.mangroveprotect.com.au

Barron Delta Mangrove Protection Campaign

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To view the Land Use Plan

http://www.cairnsairport.com.au/Corporate/Land-Use-Plan.aspx

To view the Machans Beach Community Association's submission to the Land Use Plan

>> Download here <<

View the response from Cairns Airport to the MBCA submission

>> Download here <<

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Machans Beach is a community of about 1114 inhabitants ( according to 1995 statistics ), located within the Barron River delta. Unlike many modern suburbs built at racing pace within few years, and aimed to be inhabited by exclusive and higher income families, Machans Beach has thrived and maintained a character of its own through the integration of a diverse population. Machans Beach has fortunately escaped the unrelenting development of North Queensland, for the tourism industry which constitutes an important source of economic growth for this part of Australia. Fortunate because it continues to be a residential area without hotels and devoid of the massive flow of people as seen in the northern beaches. Through the action of its residents and the Progress Association, it has been possible to fight proposals from developers to transform Machans Beach into a money generating playground. It is obvious to the newcomer that Machans Beach is a working class neighborhood, which has shaped the laid back and easy life style of this place. Although to talk of a history of Machans Beach is somewhat pretentious, it is interesting to acknowledge its origins, in the context of its aboriginal past and the subsequent colonization by europeans and chinese and the economic development that followed throughout the years in the Tropical North.

LATEST STATS FROM THE 2006 CENSUS

"Certain Friends in Uncertain Times" a history of Machans Beach . This book published in 1995 by the Machans Beach Progress Association tells the story of our community and the issues that most affect us.