Ansons plans modest

An Ansons Bay fishing charter operator said his plans for a bush block at the settlement have been misconstrued through social media.

Fishing charter operator Jason Rubock and wife Steph bought the 40-hectare block to the immediate west of the shacks early this year.

Mr Rubock, who is also a maintenance supervisor at the Musselroe wind farm, has lived permanently at Ansons Bay for nine years.

He said the bush block was bought after the family sold a property at Burnie.

“We want to protect the place a bit.

“It would be good to get a fence around it to keep the four-wheel drivers at bay.

“We’ve got some friends who found some fairly rare orchids up there and it would be good to keep them safe, from the wood hookers too.”

He said he didn’t know how the speculation about developments like a caravan park or large scale buildings got started.

The land’s change of ownership came to public attention only after proposed changes to covenants on the title were advertised in September.

Some people took to social media, suggesting what was in train would have serious environmental impacts.

But Break O’Day Council issued a statement downplaying the amendments to the title.

It said some of the covenants were outdated and would not result in any environmental safeguards on the property.

The changes were not a development application and would not affect the use of the land under the planning scheme.

Mr Rubock said he wants to erect a shed for his charter boat on part of the block and eventually possibly up to four accommodation buildings.

“What we’ve asked for is the removal of some of the covenants particularly that you can’t run a business from the land.

“We just want to make sure all the ducks are in a row before we make an application to do anything.

“But as far as some of the things they reckon we were going to do, I don’t where they thought we were going to get the money for them.

“If people had just come and asked us what we were planning we could have told them and there would have been no need for the worry.”