Don’t touch our beachside caravan parks!
Yes, yes, yes.
Finally, a councillor proposing a consultation for the benefit or his community.
That’s a refreshing change to start with. I would also challenge your assumption that caravanners would desert Hervey Bay without beachside access.
As a Point Vernon resident and past caravanner living within walking distance of two non-beachside parks with occupancy rates I suspect matching the esplanade, not to mention the numerous other sites in town non beachside.
There is a definite lack of Hervey Bay resident facilities on our foreshore rejuvenating these areas with BBQ sites, play areas, occasional pop-up food stalls with a view and allowing families to bring eskies and their own refreshments; a la Mindil Beach, Darwin.
Let's give them something to enjoy and savor. Make Hervey Bay the envy of Queensland, not a grey nomad winter retreat.
Point Vernon resident
Don’t touch our beachside caravan parks!
Hands off.
Hi, you have the Taj Mahal which only you wanted. Keep your grubby hands off all the caravan parks tourism.
Tourism. Tourism this is what the bay is known for.
Thank you,
Ken
Don’t touch our beachside caravan parks!
Thank you for your detailed editorial regarding our iconic beach front caravan parks.
I admire your passion to protect these holiday destinations that add to Hervey Bay’s uniqueness. It seems ironic that councillors talk about more community benefit.
If that’s the case, then there are numerous locations on the esplanade that already need attention and upgrading.
As you highlighted, these caravan parks fulfil an important need in Hervey Bay all year round.
I was also fascinated by your reference to the fact that some of these councillors voted for the Sheraton high rise yet would consider the demise of these caravan parks.
This also works vice versa if you are pro caravan parks and totally anti-development. Clearly there needs to be a balance of both.
By all means refurbish the caravan parks and have development built to current town planning heights.
This would be more beneficial to our beautiful lifestyle and not just minority groups.
Peter Blades
Don’t touch our beachside caravan parks!
Firstly, the Councillor who initiated a consultation process ought to be congratulated.
Secondly the gentleman who wrote a letter on this subject makes a lot of sense, top marks for his creative thinking, make him a town planner!
After reading your story in the Advertiser 31st October, it intrigues me that Council and everyone working in the public domain of promoting Hervey Bay must remember all the businesses and homes are ratepayers who pay for all the town upkeep and amenities plus rates have increased by 9% to help cover all costs.
I personally agree that Councillors need to look at options of opening up space that is occupied by beach front caravan parks on the beach front.
Ratepayers are denied beach areas, open them up for everyone.
I suggest look at Townsville, or Bargara, beach fronts are beautiful areas to walk for kilometres with no caravan parks in site.
Encourage developers to open up bigger parks for families and caravans away from the beach front.
Highlight beach front play areas for people and families with more walkways.
I am sure if promoted correctly caravan parks with recreation areas will still flourish.
Hervey Bay is growing so there is now a need for careful thought-out planning for the whole town. If a well-planned town has all the amenities and beach activities all for everyone tourist will come anyway.
Firstly, look after your residents and businesspeople they are your permanent payers, visitors come and go.
PJ, Kawungan
Is Hervey Bay tourist friendly? - Tree Views
I would just like to make a few comments on those expressed in the letter from KH on November 14.
KH would like there to be unobstructed views of the sand and water from the entire length of the Esplanade.
Yesterday, we took our lunch to The Gables, and we were very grateful for the windbreak provided by the cottonwood trees.
Lunch there would have been impossible otherwise.
Also, when Gerard O’Connell was Mayor, KH would have been happy, as there was major clearing of trees, which ended up with piles of sand around the picnic tables and on the road.
I am not an expert on tourism, but I think things that attract tourists are surf, coral reefs, gambling, whales, history, food/wine, nature, and special events such as racing — not sitting in their accommodation looking at sand and water.
Hervey Bay seems to be doing a great job encouraging sporting events like triathlons here.
Trees take a while to grow, so they need to be planted and looked after, despite conditions not being ideal and weeds present.
The rule for ideal tree cover and park space for mental health, evaporative and shade cooling is 3-30-300.
One must be able to see three trees from one’s home.
The city should have 30% canopy cover, and no one should be further than 300 metres from a park.
Hervey Bay falls a bit short. Singapore, on the other hand, does very well.
KH’s tree list needs to be amended.
Acacias, cottonwoods, and many pines and palms are natives.
The bad invasive trees are broad-leaved pepper, Chinese celtis, Easter cassia, African tulip tree (which KH mentions), camphor laurel, and in this area, Torrelliana,Perennial and herbaceous weeds are too numerous to list.
What this does show is a great need for Council to educate the public and to recruit volunteers, who do a great job and often know as much or more than the paid staff!
CB - Burrum Heads
Revised pool hours
It is hard to comprehend that the Hervey Bay council decided to close the pool on Mondays.
I have been swimming in competitions for 23 years in large city pools like Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane as well as pools of small towns like Mareeba (12000) and Tully (3500) and Home Hill with 3500 inhabitants.
All of these pools were open seven days a week.
Your reasons “Why have the hours changed” is absolutely rubbish and obviously drafted by council members who are not swimmers and have no idea how to run a pool.
If it is a financial matter, most of the pool users don’t mind an increase of entrance fees which are some of the lowest in Australia.
If you need some advice, contact councils who run their pools successfully seven days a week.
Angus von Douglas
