Today a small group of us had a working bee at the Football/Netball ground. I started by cleaning out the womens toilet block, then put a couple of bollards in then I filled a hole with soil. After that I helped the others to cut a door in the change rooms, then of course all the broken concrete had to be cleaned up. It was a fairly good day but there is still a lot to be done, with only 8 weeks to go before the start of the season.
This evening I did some mowing to clear up the walking track and of course I had to have an apple that grows wild along the track.
Pioneers
No internet connection here!
Coral Bay, Western Australia
The Princess and a wonderful place to snorkle
Broome, Western Australia
Anastaisia's Pool, Broome, W.A.
'Our Baby'
Campervan & anex
Some illegal parkers
Park anywhere, don't worry about those with a caravan.
Caravan parking
No room, so over grassed area!
Caravan parking
Even a small van is too long
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Travelers towing caravans around Australia should think twice about going to Benalla with their caravan. For more than ten years my partner and I fought to have the town allocate caravan parking areas for tourists, in the end there were two such spaces allotted, 'in a busy car-park'. It was pointed out to the relevant authorities that the spots are to small and to hard to park all but the smallest caravans. The caravan spots are some 300 plus meters from the present 'tourist information' building, never ideal for the elderly or in-firmed.
Another major problem facing caravaners is the fact that the council does not police the two caravan spots, but allows 'all and sundry' to park in these two spaces. It would appear that touists are not encouraged, in fact I have heard 'from the horses mouth' that the council didn't deem Benalla to be a tourist destination, and so didn't need to put in place any tourist infrastructure.
We have also tried for many years to have a tourist bike path put into place to join up those already in place,and being built, in other areas of the North East of Victoria. And the answer has consistently been 'we are not a tourist destination' or we haven't got the money. The Victorian Government has, over the past years, poured millions of dollars into other areas of the state for the very same type of bike paths as we have been wanting for Benalla.
So whilst there is a wonderful man-made lake in Benalla and other splendid tourist destinations in the area, think twice if you have a caravan or wish to cycle around the area.
Caravaners are generally a very astute group of people, and if the are not made welcome they 'go somewhere else' to spend their money. Benalla is missing out on an enormous amount of tourist dollars, and rightly so. So as I said, think twice before making Benalla a stop over.