Transcription of Cape York – Context and Consultation
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2 cape york Context and Consultation Geo-economic Context cape york , subject to current declared wild river areas, receives a tropical monsoonal climate that is characterised by a long, warm to hot dry season, and a shorter hot, humid, and intensive wet season, every year. This annual monsoon season is a major constraining factor on cape york as it impacts on travel and many economic and social activities. It isolates most properties and communities for approximately four to five months due to flooded and boggy roads and air travel and freight can also be curtailed due to boggy airstrips and/or intensive thunderstorm activity. Delivery of food and mail supplies is regularly disrupted to virtually all Topography, soil and water Extensive annual flooding during the wet is normal for all watercourses on cape york .
2.8 The majority of Cape York’s communities rely on major diesel power generation systems with only the townships in the far south-east of the region connected to grid power.9 2.9 Under the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Nation Building Program the Queensland and Commonwealth Governments have
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