Beth, Western Australia experienced something very very similar late last year-earlier this year http://www.watoday.com.au/environmen...1109-i59k.html

Last month..a chinese tanker ran aground on the bottom edge of the Great Barrier reef... http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...0405-rmju.html

I'd be bloody pissed off as well if it hit local beaches/nature reserves

We're stuck between a rock & a hard place in Western Australia...Large Iron Ore, Gold, Nickel, etc etc deposits plus offshore oil in the Timor Sea...What do you do when the boom ends?? So many other questions...

Sorry you have to be so close to the action