Springbrook Community Notices

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 also to the officers that have been up at Springbrook in recent days getting the "stay in your local area" message across to visitors who are still determined to walk in a closed national park. You're doing a great job andxwe appreciate it!

If you see any trees down across the roads, please call the TMR emergency line 131940 for Springbrook Road and the City of Gold Coast emergency line 1800637000 for the smaller Roads. They will send someone up fairly quickly to deal with it. Technically,  our local guys cant deal with trees on the road until directed to by decorative epaulette wearing persons!

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!

Thank you to all our volunteers on the mountain and especially the fire Brigade and our Ambulance officers. They spent a great deal of the long weekend doing unpaid training to keep us safe in the future. Thank you. We are really grateful to have such dedicated and committed people living up here!

It looks 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. There is a petition going around; check for it on change.com and sign it there. 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.

Has the parking been a bit out of control in your area over the weekend? Share the entertainment with our local counciller by sending a few photos of the parking and how it affects residents, tourists and bussiness alike. Send Glenn, a few photos on division9@goldcoast.qld.gov.au so he can see what's happening up here...