12/29/2023 0 Comments Greenfoot global envirotabsCouncillors will hold an extraordinary meeting on Monday to discuss which of the four options to pursue. Council staff were ordered to prepare reports on four sites: the controversial Cudgen site, a nearby site at the corner of Cudgen Road and Tweed Coast Road, RTA land at Chinderah and RTA land near the Clothiers Creek interchange. The resolution, spearheaded by veteran National Party councillor Warren Polglase, called on the minister to ditch the proposed Kingscliff site and to reexamine the five sites already identified by his department. Cr Skinner confirmed that the Cudgen site was among the handful canvassed during the unheralded visit to the minister s office, but says he did nothing more than endorse a council resolution passed last month. But Liberal Party councillor Joan van Lieshout says it appears to be another backdoor bid by local National Party figures to rezone the state significant farmland which has links to former long-serving Nationals MP Don Beck. A combined chamber of commerce deputation, including recently deposed mayor Kevin Skinner, visited Parliament on Friday to ask the police minister to consider sites other than Kingscliff for the proposed new Tweed-Byron command centre. Push for Cudgen cop shop site under fire Staff reporters A slice of prime agricultural land at Cudgen is back on the agenda as a location for a new police station less than 12 months after it was vetoed by the former Labor government because of its unique farmland status. The new playground is proposed to be called Junction Park, after the original name of Tumbulgum village. Rosemary and other fragrant plants have also been used to work on the five senses, to be more tactile with nature and understand the sense of smell. As they watch over time, the fruit trees flower, then turn to small seeds, before producing orange edible fruit, the spokesperson said. A council spokesperson said the plantings in the playground area also reflected a move towards sustainability in playground design, with the use of fruit trees to show children where fruit comes from. The playground s undulating forms allow for a small scooter track which runs the perimeter of the playground and will test children s stability and confidence as they manoeuvre up and down the pathway, avoiding the pitfalls of garden beds and large rocks. This funding and the local groups dedication and motivation was the starting point for a playground design, he said, adding the playgroup members had a major input into the design. Cr Longland said the village community then also raised over $3,000 towards the project through trivia nights and lamington drives, and a local donation of $10,000. $15,000 govt grant The Tumbulgum Community Association and Tweed MP Geoff Provest also pitched in and the group was successful in its application for $15,000 from the Community Building Partnership program. The Tumbulgum Playgroup took the running to council to build the new facility two years ago, and council in turn encouraged them to seek out government funding to help with park costs. Nature-based play is more about engaging with nature, digging around, moving rocks and logs, wandering through garden beds, where children have to make up their own games and are encouraged to be independent, all within a safe environment, he said. Photo Jeff I Swing Dawson well as fun with the fixed playground equipment. Cr Longland said it may not be a large space, but there is ample opportunity here for nature-based play as Saige Stringer enjoys the new swing at Tumbulgum, watched by her mum Tammy Richardson (right). The playground, on a previously unused parcel of land on Government Road behind the community hall, has been designed, according to Tweed Shire Council, to activate a small, restricted space for a wide range of age groups. Tweed mayor Barry Longland told families attending Tuesday s opening the playground was a wonderful example of how a community can come together to work with a number of levels of government to help themselves. 1 THE TWEED Volume 4 #16 Thursday, DecemAdvertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) CAB 21,000 copies every week AUDIT LOCAL & INDEPENDENT The Arts Playground sets new standards Luis Feliu Tumbulgum families now have an added attraction to mix and play in after this week s official opening of an innovative new nature-based playground in the riverside village.
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