Cr Kathy Duff - Parks Portfolio Report - 11 October 2017

Kingaroy

Kingaroy staff have been continuing with their maintenance program including repairing and painting picnic tables in Memorial Park and Senior Citizen Park. They have removed turf at forecourt and prepped ready to lay new turf next week (was planned for last week but rain got in the way). Old turf was relocated to BP Park drain to try to stop the washout of the drain. Replanted gardens at Commonwealth Bank, Apex Park and VIC.  Painted Gazebo at Taabinga cemetery. Cleaned out and refilled soft-fall bark at Kumbia Park and Apex Park Flying Fox / Cableway. Traffic Island mowing. Spraying of CBD. CRS’s and Tree maintenance. Ride on mowers have just started up again for the season. Ongoing works at Memorial Park Rotunda refurbishment. Also general maintenance.

Murgon & Wondai

General maintenance programs are continuing with the commencement of the Spring Maintenance Program. Staff are preparing the gardens and town entrances and park for the expected storm season with mowing and grounds maintenance being a high priority.

Proston & Dams

The Boondooma Dam bunkhouse recently received new linen due to the high demand and back-to-back bookings over the school holidays due to the new fees and charges review.

The Golden Lure tournament 21 & 22 October 2017 at Boondooma is progressing nicely with approximately 38 teams already registered.

Nanango & Blackbutt

Staff have been busy assisting in the laying of turf at the Blackbutt Hall as part of the Relocation Project.

Nanango staff have commenced with the replanting of the annual flowers in the township.

Rail Trail

The Kingaroy to Kilkivan Rail Trail was officially opened by Fiona Bowden from the Minister’s Office on the 22nd of September in Kilkivan. The launch of the South Burnett Rail Trail was a spectacular event for our region on the 1st of October. Congratulations Cr Jones and Barry Krosch for making the whole journey on bikes for charity. Congratulations to all of the towns that got involved and hosted events, Kingaroy, Wooroolin, Wondai & Murgon. I would particularly like to thank the committee that I chaired, Cr Danita Potter, Cr Roz Frohloff, Kristy Board, Julie Foley and Stacey Perrett. We had hundreds of bikers, runners & walkers, penny farthings and even horses from the Goomeri side. We had amazing positive feedback about the whole event. It was a great day for the South Burnett.