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The former Hivesville railway yards are located across the road from the Hivesville Hotel and Hivesville Sportsground, and could be the future site of a short stay caravan park, children’s play area and community gardens (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 17, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

The overgrown Hivesville railway yards may take on a new lease of life in the next few years.<\/p>\n

At last week’s Communities Standing Committee meeting, South Burnett councillors voted unanimously to approve a lease of the land to the Hivesville Progress Association (HPA), subject to approval by the Department Of Transport and Main Roads.<\/p>\n

HPA wants to use grant funding to build a free, short-stay caravan parking area, children’s play area, off-leash dog park, picnic area and community garden on the site, along with a Men’s Shed that could be used by both sexes.<\/p>\n

The HPA told Council it plans to tackle the project in stages over several years as grant funding became available.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Their long-term aim was to attract more caravanners to stay overnight in the village – something that’s proved successful for Proston – as well as improve community amenities for residents.<\/p>\n

The group also plans to preserve the former rail corridor that crosses the site to allow for the possible future development of a Proston-Hivesville Rail Trail.<\/p>\n

The overgrown yards – affectionately known as “Mother Of Millions” park to many locals – have sat disused for several decades after the former Murgon-Proston railway line was closed in 1993. <\/strong><\/p>\n

HPA told Council that if their lease application was approved, the group’s first action would be conduct a controlled burn before the end of 2021 to see what debris might be hidden under the site’s long grass that needed to be removed.<\/p>\n

An initial burn had already been undertaken by Mondure’s Rural Fire Brigade, they said.<\/p>\n

Council officers told the meeting Council had a lease over the entire Murgon-Proston rail corridor from DTMR until 2037.<\/p>\n

Because of this, any development on the land would require approval by DTMR as well as Council.<\/p>\n

Council would also need to co-ordinate activities between the three parties if any part of HPA’s plans were disallowed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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