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WHAT A MESS, GARY NICHOLS LOOKS
OVER THE GLENROWAN SIEGE SITE
WHICH HAS BEEN LEFT IN A SHAMBLES FOLLOWING COUNCIL
WORKS LAST YEAR.
Glenrowan residents are
embarrassed by project
Written by
SALLY EVANS.
CONTROVERSY continues to plague a $1.8 million
council project aimed at revitalising the historic
tourist town of Glenrowan.
Despite a grand opening in September last year,
local residents Gary Nichols and Debbie Yole say the
job to improve its appearance is simply not done.
They say the project has dragged on for more than
two years, and the main street is still marred by
unfinished kerb work and unsightly orange bunting.
Work that has been completed as part of the
initiative has since been neglected, with large
weeds growing on the infamous siege site, while new
footpaths
and drainage systems have been washed away in
heavy rain.
Ms Yole said local residents were fed up with the
project, and embarrassed by the mess that has been
left.
"If it’s going to get done, do it and do it
right," she said.
"The community is sick of it looking crappy.
"This is a tourist town and it’s embarrassing for
the locals when tourists come here and say, ‘don’t
go to Glenrowan, it’s a total mess’."
Mr Nichols said council was just partly to blame
for the state of the town, with locals also having a
lot to answer for.
"The work that has been done out the front of the
shops, the shopkeepers aren’t looking after it," he
said.
"There are gardens out there that haven’t been
watered and rubbish hasn’t been picked up because
the shopkeepers don’t care.
"They’ve been given something and they’re not
even looking after it."
The town was struck another blow last week after
dozens of newly planted trees on the site of Ned
Kelly’s last stand were destroyed when an old gum
tree was cut down.
Source: North East Newspapers. |
