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The blue arrow shows the approximate location of the proposed overnight camping area in Rodney Street, near the western end of Proston's Railway Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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South Burnett Deputy Mayor Kathy Duff <\/figcaption><\/figure>February 16, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proston may soon have a free overnight camping area after the newly formed Proston Community Round Table group gave the idea a thumbs up on Wednesday night. <\/p>\n

The overnight camping area would be located on a vacant, Council-owned block at the end of Railway Park in Rodney Street, diagonally opposite the Golden Spurs Hotel.<\/p>\n

The site would have its boundary marked by a row of trees, and signs which would be erected on both sides of town and at the top of Rodney Street would direct visitors to it.<\/p>\n

The site might be further enhanced in the future if it generated enough visitors to warrant more facilities.<\/p>\n

Cr Kathy Duff, who has been acting as a Council representative on the Round Table group, said members believed having a free overnight camping area in the town could help revitalise Proston’s CBD.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At present, large numbers of caravanners bypass Proston – either going to the Lake Boondooma Tourist Park, or taking a shortcut from the Durong-Mundubbera Road to the Bunya Highway via connecting roads – because the town’s CBD is not on the main road.<\/p>\n

“At the moment there is no big incentive for them to stop,” Cr Duff said.<\/p>\n

“But we think that if we made a free overnight camping spot available close to the CBD, this could encourage some caravanners to drive off the Wondai-Proston Road down Rodney Street and into the town.<\/p>\n

“And if they stayed overnight, they’d probably spend some money in the town, too.”<\/p>\n

Similar free overnight camping areas at Nanango’s Tipperary Flats, Wooroolin, Wondai, Murgon, Stuart River and Kumbia already attract a steady flow of overnight visitors throughout the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last year the Murgon Business and Development Association claimed a free camping area located close to Murgon’s CBD generated at least $6000 worth of business for local traders in one week.<\/p>\n

They determined this by counting up receipts from local purchases that camping ground users dropped into a special box set up for the purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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