Last week I walked into Jim Walsh Park to see how the facilities have weathered since the last upgrade, which occurred some 10 years ago. At the time it was hailed as an excellent project, creating a very popular passive recreation area, well attended by families every weekend.
While the grass was nicely mowed and people were having fun, I was somewhat disappointed to see graffiti on the toilet block and the door damaged to the extent that it would not open. The very small area of bushland along the creek showed emergence of a number of weed species. At this stage they have not progressed far and it would only take about an hour or two to remove them. But it shows that Council's maintenance work is focused on grass cutting while ignoring the bushland areas.
I have placed a motion on the Council business paper for the next meeting requesting that Council undertake maintenance at Jim Walsh Park to rectify these problems. Just about all of the shrub layer in the photo is weeds.
While the grass was nicely mowed and people were having fun, I was somewhat disappointed to see graffiti on the toilet block and the door damaged to the extent that it would not open. The very small area of bushland along the creek showed emergence of a number of weed species. At this stage they have not progressed far and it would only take about an hour or two to remove them. But it shows that Council's maintenance work is focused on grass cutting while ignoring the bushland areas.
I have placed a motion on the Council business paper for the next meeting requesting that Council undertake maintenance at Jim Walsh Park to rectify these problems. Just about all of the shrub layer in the photo is weeds.
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