More delays likely for Injune tourism woes

[Kit Kat]

THE Department of Natural Resources and Mines (DRNM) has advised Maranoa Council it needs a detailed land plan and spend over $40,000 if it is to develop the Third Avenue site for an Injune caravan park.

Council will debate a motion tomorrow to examine the Third Avenue site with an officer's recommendation the matter needs further investigation.

The issue is becoming critical for Injune as the tourist season starts in earnest next month though there are some camping facilities at Possum Park and the Rodeo Grounds.

Injune District Tourism Association suggested the site to Council in November 2012 to solve the town's lack of tourism beds since the old caravan park was taken over by FKG for its workers.

At the time IDTA president Puddy Chandler wrote a letter to Council to say Injune was in danger of losing its country feel.

"Injune is overrun by mining and there is no camping therefore people will not want to continue to stop in Injune," Ms Chandler said.

"There is also a safety issue as Injune is the only town within a 270km stretch of highway between Roma and Rolleston for people to camp safely."

However DRNM advised Council at the time that the Third Avenue site was not suitable for a caravan park.

Source: Warwick Daily News. Read more here: http://www.warwickdailynews.com.au/news ... s/1838240/

[T1 Terry]

Sadly, when the mines move in, the tourists move out. When the mine moves out, the town returns to dust. There are many ghost towns throughout Aust that show just what happens when the big miners are finished with an area, they never recover. It's cheaper for the mines to simply buy up something already established to provide short term housing, they don't care about the long term effects, the limit to their attention span is the next bonus payment, the long term associated damage is no concern to them, it won't hit their back pocket.