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FLASHBACK: Residents discussing the Bunya Mountains disaster plan in a local restaurant in 2021 (Photo: BMCAI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 6, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bunya Mountains Community Association (BMCAI) is pressing ahead with its plans to build a community centre in the Bunya Mountains.<\/p>\n

The decision comes after the group received negative feedback from Western Downs Regional Council (WDRC) about the centre’s proposed location.<\/p>\n

BMCAI first began discussing the idea of a community centre last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Members noted the Bunya Mountains was the only major settlement in the South Burnett without a town hall or similar public meeting space.<\/p>\n

The group put the idea to WDRC and were told the Council would require BMCAI to prepare a feasibility study before Council could consider the proposal.<\/p>\n

BMCAI found that such a study will cost between $35,000 and $60,000 to produce, and began a drive to secure funding to do it.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, members also undertook a multi-month search to find a suitable site.<\/p>\n

In March, the group suggested to WDRC that two adjoining blocks of Council-owned land at the corner of Tolmie and Ensor streets would be a suitable site for the centre.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But in May, WDRC responded with a letter indicating the land was “not entirely suitable for the purpose of a community centre due to the slope and drainage issues”.<\/p>\n

The letter said that after further consideration, WDRC would prefer the two blocks not be used for a community centre, and emphasised the Council would not consider group’s proposal until a feasibility study had been prepared and a suitable site found.<\/p>\n

At BMCAI’s quarterly meeting held shortly afterwards, the group resolved to press ahead with the project.<\/p>\n

BMCAI secretary Carol Weekes told southburnett.com.au the pandemic and lockdowns had underlined the importance of a community centre for the ongoing health and well-being of the community.<\/strong><\/p>\n

BMCAI also believed WDRC’s concerns about slope and drainage issues on the blocks could be overcome.<\/p>\n

She said most buildings on the Bunya Mountains – including the J.S. Fisher Lookout that WDRC had built in 2020 – were kept level with pole supports because most of the land in the area had a steep slope.<\/p>\n

Most drainage issues were also capable of being solved.<\/p>\n

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The South Burnett Regional Council will be working with Bunya Mountains residents in the SBRC portion of the Bunya Mountains to standardise their street addresses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the SBRC’s June General Meeting, Councillors were told some Bunya Mountains residents used Rural Addressing, and some did not.<\/p>\n

This was causing problems for emergency services.<\/p>\n

Councillors voted that staff send letters to all properties in the Bunya Mountains precinct that have non-standard property addresses to advise it intended to convert them to Rural Addressing, which is based on how far in metres a property’s entrance is from a road’s starting point, divided by 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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