{"id":308527,"date":"2021-11-01T20:54:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T10:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=308527"},"modified":"2021-11-03T00:16:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T14:16:04","slug":"meeting-to-discuss-park-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/11\/01\/meeting-to-discuss-park-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting To Discuss Park Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_308530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308530\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-308530\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgonmeeting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgonmeeting.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgonmeeting-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgonmeeting-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgonmeeting-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgonmeeting-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgonmeeting-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-308530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Murgon community members met SBRC Mayor Brett Otto and Cr Kathy Duff in September to discuss plans for a multi-year upgrade of QEII Park &#8230; a second community meeting will be held on November 10 (Photo: Kathy Duff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>November 1, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Murgon community has been invited to attend a public consultation meeting this month to discuss upgrade plans for QEII Park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The meeting will be held near the park&#8217;s rotunda at 5:30pm on Wednesday, November 10, to discuss a proposal by the South Burnett Regional Council to carry out a multi-stage upgrade of the CBD parklands over the next few years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first phase would focus on the area from Gore Street (opposite the War Memorial) to the eastern edge of the town&#8217;s Visitor Information Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Former MBDA president Leo Geraghty said he thought it was important any upgrades were made in a uniform way because the parklands run for several blocks through the town&#8217;s CBD.<\/p>\n<p>This meant that to get a consistent result, it was important to get the project correct from the outset.<\/p>\n<p>Ideas for possible upgrades were advanced at an initial public consultation meeting held at the park with South Burnett Mayor Brett Otto and Cr Kathy Duff on September 29.<\/p>\n<p>The topic has also been discussed by the Murgon Business and Development Association.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Mr Geraghty and Murgon Show Society president Alan Trim have been collecting upgrade ideas to inform the next consultation meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, they also posted photos of several of these ideas on an information board in the park near the Visitor Information Centre so the public can view them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upgrade ideas include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Installing wide, coloured paths through the parklands to provide wheelchair access for the disabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensuring the park has a sound system that can be used for the many community events held there throughout the year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensuring the park is fully covered by the town&#8217;s CCTV system to improve safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Installing solar-powered fairy lights to illuminate the parklands after dark<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Removing obsolete signage, poles and notice boards from the parklands to free up more space for community use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Installing bicycle racks near the Visitor Information Centre to make the CBD more attractive to South Burnett Rail Trail tourists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Planting new trees that don&#8217;t have destructive root systems, and ringing their bases with hedges of hardy flowering plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Installing new seating areas with greater shade coverage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Installing walls around several sides of the park&#8217;s rotunda to improve sound transmission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mr Geraghty and Mr Trim said they wanted to make it clear these were ideas they had developed themselves to help prompt community discussion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Council officers would use feedback at the November consultation meeting to draw up a draft design for the first stage of the upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>This draft is expected to be released in December.<\/p>\n<p>Cr Kathy Duff &#8211; who has seen the draft ideas &#8211; said she was looking forward to further discussions about the project.<\/p>\n<p>She said many of the ideas Mr Geraghty and Mr Trim proposed would greatly improve the parklands, but felt certain there were others that could be looked at as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_308565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308565\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211031plans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-308565\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211031plans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211031plans.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211031plans-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211031plans-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211031plans-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211031plans-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211031plans-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-308565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local councillor Kathy Duff and former MBDA president Leo Geraghty with a rough sketch collating some of the ideas that have been put forward so far<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * * <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #006699;\">QEII Park Through The Years<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Murgon&#8217;s QEII parklands were little more than fenced paddocks for the first 50 years of their life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They were the result of a town plan that created an extra-wide street through the town&#8217;s CBD area, and they were eventually turned into proper parklands by the former Murgon Shire Council.<\/p>\n<p>These photos &#8211; gathered by Leo Geraghty and Alan Trim &#8211; show how the park looked for most of its early life.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_308534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308534\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-308534\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1912.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1912.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1912-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1912-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1912-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1912-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1912-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-308534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Murgon&#8217;s QEII parklands in 1912, looking north from the Wondai Road (now the Bunya Highway)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_308535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308535\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-308535\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1929.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1929.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1929-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-308535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the parklands taken in 1929 at the start of the Great Depression<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_308536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308536\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-308536\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1937.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1937.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1937-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1937-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1937-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1937-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1937-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-308536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Celebrations were held in Murgon in 1937 to mark the coronation of King George VI &#8230; by then, a few trees had grown in the park paddocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_308537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308537\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-308537\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1970.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1970.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1970-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1970-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1970-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1970-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201101murgon1970-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-308537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view across QEII Park in 1970, when it was beginning to assume a shape that seems much more familiar today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Murgon community has been invited to attend a public 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