ESK
SHIRE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS HOUSES EMBRACE JIMNA FIRE TOWER
As the Jimna Fire Tower Action
Group (JFTAG) campaign to save this Heritage
listed tourist icon, moves south throughout the Esk
Shire, overwhelming support from community groups, business houses and
the general public alike has been strongly evident. The
pending inclusion of the Jimna Range/Conondale National Park areas
into the new "Somerset Regional Council", has generated a genuine
desire for residents to visit or revisit the area, as a timely
reminder of the valuable nature based recreational pursuits on
offer and to see first hand the potential of this historically
significant local landmark the Jimna Fire Tower.
The need to attract higher visitation numbers and to create
added business opportunity, demands that persons intending to nominate
for the March 15th 2008 Local Council Elections, are prepared to be
actively concerned about every avenue of possible business potential,
wherever it may be located throughout the entire Somerset Shire,
from Jimna to Minden and including all outlying rural areas.
The current State Government
moratorium, which effectively postpones any threat to the tower until
after the new Somerset Regional Council has had the
opportunity to establish a forum of stakeholders "to
evaluate all alternative options to demolition", has
effectively placed the future of the tower firmly in the hands of the
electorate. JFTAG now clearly has the task of encouraging would be
future councillors to demonstrate their commitment to the preservation
of our Australian Heritage, by publicly declaring their support or
otherwise for the fore mentioned highlighted goal. As such JFTAG
extends a personal invitation to intending councillors, to visit Jimna
for the purpose of becoming aware of the facts while allaying
persistent negative, ill-informed and destructive rumours, circulated
by those who chose to expeditiously evade responsibility, or have the
simplistic out of view out of mind attitude.
As this will be the final news
update for year 2007, JFTAG wishes to extend sincere thanks for the
multitude of support and encouragement extended by so many from all
sections of the general community over the past 18 months, it has
truly been a rewarding journey, which hopefully will take us by gods
grace to our ultimate destination, that being the successful
redevelopment of the Jimna Fire Tower into a "self funding, must
visit, tourism destination" for our future generations. Wishing one
and all a very MERRY XMAS and a happy and safe NEW YEAR.
Please treat your family and
friends to a camping or off road experience or maybe a day trip to the
high country over the holiday period, for more info visit
www.jimna.bravehost.com email
davbar41@bigpond.com or call in at the Jimna Visitor Information
Centre, 4 Currawong St. Jimna PH 5497 3174.
Next news update 28/01/08. Next JFTAG meeting Friday January 18th 10am
at Jack's Place Mary ST. Kilcoy. All Welcome. Dave Wright
Secretary.
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