Liza with a WOW, Batty doings and foreshore doings.
Sue Brooks November 1st, 2009
On Friday evening Graham and I ventured down to Boondall and were thoroughly entertained by the wonderful Liza Minnelli. Pure entertainment. Liza was superb and I couldn’t help but wonder why she didn’t appear in more movies. Her performance is theatrical and her ability to portray the emotions of a song marvellous. We were all blown away by her humour, honesty and skill. She ended the evening by stripping off her hair band telling us it gave her the sh*ts and donning a T Shirt. She then sang a Peter Allen ballad. We were all left wanting more…
On Saturday evening we packed up the puppies and joined in the fun at our Batty Halloween celebration at Apex Park. The evening was a fun one and people of all ages joined in the fun and dressed up. The bats had returned in small numbers so we could see the fly out also. Thanks to all the Council staff and Kerrie who helped make the evening a fun one.
Foreshore fightings….. I hope not.
It seems there is a renewed focus on asking Council to ‘tidy up’ the foreshore. A new group calling themselves the Fraser Coast Sustainable Development Association has written to Council and I see USQ and UDIA are hosting a public forum at USQ on Nov 26th at 6pm, to thrash out ideas to improve the Esplanade at Hervey Bay. Steve Dixon will facilitate a discussion at the end of some presentations. If you want to speak up at the function please email Rhonda at eastall@usq.edu.au
I look forward to the debate but have had discussions in the past with Steve Dixon and other business owners and I believe there is a view that we should get rid of a caravan park or two from our foreshore. While I believe that our treed and naturally sheltered foreshore is what makes the place as attractive to visitors and residents alike, I do want to see a much greater emphasis on weed control.
Council is currently reviewing the actions outlined within the adopted Hervey Bay Foreshore Plan so debate is timely. I personally however am strongly of the view that the preservation of our naturally vegetated foreshore is what makes Hervey Bay such a special place and I will lobby strongly to retain our caravan parks and our trees. I do agree that weeds are dominant in some stretches of the foreshore and these need removing and replacing with naturally attractive ground covers etc that don’t restrict views. I also understand that there is a renewed push to facilitate views. As always foreshore management will be a contentious topic.
So here are some ghouls and ghosts and scarey people from our Batty event.
Ghoulish goings on
Pumpkinhead and friends
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Hi Sue,
Regarding “views”, firstly the trees and shrubs were there when people bought,
second, if you remove the trees in front of one building, you’ll have to remove
them in front of all builldings, fairs, fair.
Personally I like to see the trees remain, yes, certainly clean out the weeds and
replace with good ground cover.
Caravan Parks, these are the essence of Hervey Bay, they provide relatively
cheap family accommodation and create a holiday atmosphere, as such they
would be a loss to the Bay. I bet it’s the unit managers who want them gone.
Who are the Fraser Coast Sustainable Developement Association?
Are these another self appointed group, like Gerard’s medical/hospital group?
If so, it’s all waffle.
Sadman
I wonder if the Fraser Coast Sustainable Developement Association is run by the same nuts who started up the Hervey Bay Action Group (Hbag) a few years back and who wanted to heritage list the entire esplanade?
I was a committee member of HBAG and while heritage listing was discussed as a means to stop some buildings being turned into high rise buildings along the Esplanade, it was one of the issues that proved to divide the formative committee members with the resulting collapse of the group. The group did however achieve a positive result in obtaining thousands of signatures against planned increased height limits in Hervey Bay.
So for one I don’t think I’m a nut (although many others probably do think I’m nutty) and two no they are a different group of people. I will endeavour to provide details when I obtain them about the group. Sue
Hi Sue,
I’m envious of you going to the Lisa Minelli concert which sounds great and is the sort of event we need up this way for a change, but count me out for the ‘batty events’ please! Actually, I haven’t been able to swpot a single bat at Tuan Creek for months now, so how many do you now live there? I’m told they all relocated to somewhere near the Gardens?
On the subject of the Fraser Coast Sustainability Association, because of my association with various community related events and inniatiativers, I have very kindly been invited to attend one of their inaugral meetings and am quite impressed with what I have heard so far. I believe their intentions are entirely honourable and well founded at this early stage. I also believe that much of what they are trying to achieve is in line with majority opinion and community interests, so I suggest that people listen to their suggestions before simply dismissing them without any understanding of their objectives.
Only too often do we dismiss good ideas and well intentioned entrepreneurs because of our basic fear of the unknown and change. I notice they are setting up a website which will hopefully provide some background on the Association and what their aims are. From what I gather so far, I can see synergy between your personal foreshore/Esplanade aspirations and those of FCSA. Whatever eventuates, it is now paramount that a new strategy is agreed and adopted in my opinion!