Water Police or 'Fun Police'?



6:30 PM Fri 17 Dec 2010 GMT
'Pro Tour wakeboarder Daniel Watkins flying high - it’s action like this that will NOT thrill visitors to the Gold Coast' Brisbane Boat
The Water Police on the Queensland Gold Coast are certainly no friends of the boating industry. Not content with having banished Formula 1 powerboat racing from the Gold Coast, organisers have now cancelled two important wakeboarding events, while the 2011 Australian Wakeboarding Championships are now at risk of being moved elsewhere. Reason given has been described as the 'ridiculous' fees imposed by the Water Police to monitor the events. As I said, Formula 1 powerboat racing has already 'left town' after the local Water Police imposed so many restrictions as to make any attempt at staging the racing at the ...


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by Bob Wonders





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