Regular campers and residents of the Mooloolaba Caravan Park on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast are refusing to give up the fight to save the iconic beachfront destination from closure.
Late last year, the local council voted 7-4 for the park to be sacrificed as part of a wider foreshore rejuvenation plan.
While a last-ditch effort to save the park courtesy of a heritage listing initiative failed then, a meeting this week attended by 50 people has pledged to try to achieve a listing again … and they have been lobbying business owners for their support.
According to report in the Sunshine Coast Daily, they have set up a fighting fund to hire professional consultants to prepare the application.
Spokesman Jon Erbacher said the park had ‘cultural significance’ and should be protected and preserved.
“This is not something to be thrown away lightly to attract tourists to artificial things they can have anywhere,” he said. “The park is under state government lease and the buck stops there. Council doesn’t have the final say.”
The Sunshine Coast Daily reports that, at 79%, the park has the highest occupancy rate of any in Queensland, draws $800,000 in revenue annually and generates more than $1m in business for Mooloolaba.
Last year, a campaign to save the park gathered 3500 signatures in two weeks.
Leave it in it’s natural state. By upgrading it into more concrete paths and roadways, There will be the dreaded Skate boards, Bikes, cars, and accidents. Not to comment on the noise etc.