Cr Kathy Duff - Parks Portfolio Report - 21 March 2018
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Kingaroy Cleaned up storm debris and areas of Memorial Park ready for Kingaroy Food & Wine Mowing program continued and Annual flowers planted in Remembrance Garden at Memorial Park Cemetery mowi
Kingaroy
- Cleaned up storm debris and areas of Memorial Park ready for Kingaroy Food & Wine
- Mowing program continued and Annual flowers planted in Remembrance Garden at Memorial Park
- Cemetery mowing, new cattle rail fencing installed at Mt Wooroolin to stop hoons chewing up the grass with their vehicles, Weed eating Parks & customer requests
Murgon & Wondai
- General mowing, weed eating, gardening and maintenance programs in Murgon / Wondai are proceeding as normal (mowing high on priority due to recently rainfalls).
- Planting flowers ready for ANZAC Day
- Prepping towns for upcoming events in March including the Murgon Show which was last weekend
Nanango & Blackbutt
- Mowing like crazy – entrances, cemeteries, parks, Council Land
- Blackbutt hall new gardens almost done, hold ups with the weather
- ANZAC day plantings completed
- Maidenwell maintenance/mowing done
- Staff have been busy trying to keep on top of mowing while attending to the influx in tree requests due to the wild weather we have received
Proston & Dams
- Mowing and maintenance has been a high priority at Boondooma Dam.
- Mowing and clean-up of Proston Town was completed for Proston Show.
Rail Trail
Counters have been installed (February) along the rail trail at Crawford and Wondai and are being read at the end of each month:
February: Crawford 190 (two weeks only) Wondai 765 (full month)
Events –
Bass Nation – Tonic Eyewear – Yallakool – March 3
Basstastic Fishing Comp – Boondooma – March 10 & 11
Submission for proposed new Vegetation Management Laws
NRM in consultation with BIEDO & Agforce are working on a submission to support our farmers on the proposed new laws.