Big crowd attends lagood protest - 6th December 2004
(Credit: ABC)

Organisers of a rally to prevent a major development on the Airlie Beach lagoon say almost 2,000 people attended Saturday's protest.

Suzette Pelt from the Save Our Foreshore residents action group says she hopes the public display sends a clear message to the Whitsunday Shire Council that the community does not want to lose access to the lagoon.

"The community is right behind us. The community doesn't want this type of development on the foreshore and we definitely had over 1,000 people there," she said.

"The police estimated that it could have even been up to about 1,800 people and if that's the case, that represents about 10 per cent of the Whitsunday Shire population."

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