Wanna stay safe? Stay home! That's the take home (and stay home) message we are getting from the people in the know. Wanna know more? Hook yourself into the Springbrook Disaster Management Committees facebook page (Springbrook ldmc) and stay in the loop!
National Parks has closed its campgrounds and turned off its bbqs. If you want to stay safe, for goodness sake, don't touch the hand rails at the lookouts!!! With what feels like half a million tourists still descending on us every day, it's got to be a hotspot for catching not just "The Virus" but plenty of other nasties...😷🤧🤒
Lots of our regular activities has been forced to close. Get online and find alternatives. Have a virtual cuppa online with a friend. If all else fails, phone a friend! There is still limited stuff to do, lots of people to chat to and a community that is still there to be part of!
Dont forget the Nerang- Murwillumbah road that goes over the border is shut. As in big barrier, not as in nice policeman you might be able to convince. Dont bother trying to get to NSW that way. It's the M1 or the GC Highway. And youd better have one of their good reasons! If you want to see NSW, go to the"Vegetable Lookout" and gaze at it from there (but dont touch the handrails!) Vegetable, say it like a 4 year old and it will become clear!
Have you signed the petition to save the Numinbah Forest Park at the bottom of the hill? It's the best swimming hole in the district. Find the petition on change.org.
Itlooks like Numinbah Forest Park has been slated to close by the powers that be in National Parks. It's a well used and beloved recreational area of both Springbrook and Numinbah residents. Feel free to write to the National Parks and Tourism Ministers as well as our local Member, Ros Bates to express your concerns. Be quick though, there are tenders out now for demolition of the buildings, tables and bbqs already. The plan is to close the area to the public and revegetate it. The problem is lack of funds for staff and maintainance from National Parks and takes away half of Numinbahs available recreation area AND puts more pressure on Springbrooks already overburdened minimal picnicking areas.
The Numinbah Valley markets wont be on for the foreseeable future which is a real shame. Thanks Amelia and the Numinbah Valley hall committee for all your hard work for such a great community event. We love it!
If you're not sure what's on and what's not, check out the My Springbrook webpage.
https://lovespringbrook.blogspot.com/?m=1 Look at the menu for various options.
It's got lots of info and is updated as new advice come through. Save the link to your home screen.
Get photos of the parking issues that seem to be, strangely, exacerbated by the stay at home message. Every street has people parking ridiculously not to mention, dangerously. Report these people to Council and the Police. Post them on social media pages too. If you're a visitor, try the giant QPWS carpark on Carricks road, but shhhhh, it a secret apparently!
Check out the Notice board at the Springbrook Emporium (the tip) for local services and tradies. A great place to find out what's on, what's happening and who's selling what. Put your own notice up. It's a fantastic community resource!
Dont forget its Speed trap Sunday out there! Did you know that Queensland does double demerit point all year and not just in the holidays? If you commit the same offence with a year of the previous one, you get hit with a double whammy of points and fines. Our back roads are notorious for coppers with speed cameras, both mobile and stationary so stay under the 80km, even on those lovely long straights when you can finally get past the tourist doing 40km... that's where the coppers and their cameras like to hang out!!
Thanks for dropping by! It's been good to see you. Feel free to add anything we've missed to the comments!
Stay safe. Stay home!
💚Springbrook
