A GROUP of Golden Point residents concerned about the loss of public space and amenity in the suburb are holding a barbeque this Sunday at Jack Greville Parklands.<\/p>\n
Logistics for the event are made more difficult because a public barbeque that was once at the site was removed last year, so they must bring their own.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a barbeque for a missing barbeque and it\u2019s a barbeque for a community that\u2019s missing a lot of its amenity,\u201d said Peter Willis.<\/p>\n
The residents first came together in response to loss of parkland and facilities at the former Golden Point Primary School site.<\/p>\n
Since then they have held a number of annual barbeques at Jack Greville Parklands on Eureka Day and Mr Willis said the community has grown closer together because of the events.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe started out as the group that was trying to save a park and a lot of neighbours became pretty well known to each other as a result of that,\u201d He said. \u201cWe were a pretty strong group and we fought to try and save that place for nearly five years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Members of the group said the public barbeque at Jack Greville Parklands became unusable when a coin got jammed in the payment slot. The issue was then reported to council.<\/p>\n
Rather than see the barbeque repaired, Mr Willis said it was removed by Sovereign Hill staff and hasn\u2019t been replaced.<\/p>\n
A second, once public barbeque that fell within Sovereign Hill\u2019s fence line was also removed at the time.<\/p>\n
Floss Pitson was part of the campaign to save the Golden Point Primary School park and said she used the now removed barbeque before it became damaged.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was very disappointed when the barbeque broke down and I came back several times to see if it was working again, and it wasn\u2019t,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen I almost gave up on it and next thing I knew it disappeared.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adrian Krzempek said he used both barbeques at different times. He\u2019s also disappointed by the missing barbeque and the area\u2019s loss of public space and amenity.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a great little find,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just sad to see the infrastructure being removed that should be here for everyone to use.\u201d<\/p>\n
The community barbeque is set for this Sunday, 2 December at 6.30pm Jack Greville Parklands, near the corner of Magpie and Bourke streets, Golden Point.<\/p>\n
Attendees will need to bring food and drinks, and possibly their own barbeque.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A GROUP of Golden Point residents concerned about the loss of public space and amenity in the suburb are holding a barbeque this Sunday at Jack Greville Parklands. Logistics for the event are made more difficult because a public barbeque that was once at the site was removed last year, so they must bring their […]<\/p>\n