Tamborine Mountain News

PROBLEMS for the iconic villages in our area don’t go away.

Canungra is again having to deal with a renewed application for a major Shopping Centre.  About 70 attended a meeting in Canungra a week ago to discuss the prospect.  It rapidly became clear that the undesirable aspects were remarkably similar to those of the disputed Tamborine Mountain project.  Some points of comparison:

WARFARE in the last century resulted in millions of unknown dead resting in unknown graves.  Of Australia’s war dead from World War I and World War II, 35 527 (about 35%) have no known graves.

On Hyacinth’s case: Cr Swanborough, Jennifer Peat, Ian Macallan, Jeanette Lockey & Roly Lindenmayer

EARLY in 2008 work commenced on the long-vacant site opposite the State School on Long Road.  This site had been rezoned in 1993 to Special Facilities (Tourist Facility) with permitted uses including a restaurant, motel and residential units – maximum of 135 bedrooms, office and manager’s residence to be generally in accordance with a Plan of Development dated 9 August 1990.

TUESDAY 13th October 2009 was an auspicious day for Tamborine Mountain, when the first sod was turned on construction of the extensive new Regional Sports Facility in Long Road.

In front of an impressive background of earthmoving equipment the Federal Member for Forde, Brett Raguse, flanked by Mayor John Brent and Division 1 Cr Derek Swanborough, turned the first symbolic sod.

Other Councillors and representatives of local organizations including the TM Progress Association witnessed the event.
The start of work on the international-standard sports complex is the culmination of years of planning and advocacy by Derek Swanborough, Vanessa Bull, Alan Blackman, Geoff Buckley and others.  Federal funding was brought about through the diligence of Mr Raguse with the co-operation of the SRRC.