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nals in their first season back in level Bond and the Cassowary Coast the competition in 2017 the Regional Council about the on November 13 and while Mr The core graMarlins are looking to again season ~n con lease of the Dunk Island Spit Bond has entered into a manshyreload for their second camshy this week but ye threatens to ruin the areas agement agreement with paign reputation as an idyllic campshy council to clean the amenities ing at a lot of~
With a number of Marlins ing through ing destination until the end of March he said star players moving on for the Tourists may think they are this week the facility would This is a real 2018 season the club will run for any gir - to I heading to a tropical paradise operate as it is the trials at Cairns Netball to over the Christmas and New If anyone wants to wllingethere are a han put together their squad gone awa Year holidays but currently about stuff whinge to the
Marlins MVP from last seashy Queensland Co visitors find dirty and damaged council because I wont be inshyson Heidi Wilson will not reshy barbecues showers without vesting a cent in that joint for If you are a I turn in 2018 as she has baller here is working locks and amenities the next four months until relocated away from the Far explore- with no soap or hand towels there is some clarity he said North and Eleanor Horsburgh The Spit is part of a national Mr Bond said council hadMarlins playalooks likely to play with a Brisshy season Rachel park managed by the Departshy twice put the lease out to tenshybane club after being recruited ment of National Parks Sport der but were unable to findWendy Stafford I south Philp are all triaJ and Racing and is leased to the anybody willing to take it over
Netball Queensland have council - despite him submitting tendshyQueensland Undt lowered the age of players to 16 Mr Bond subleased the area ers that included plans to revitshywhich could see tI for this season and Marlins from the council after he alise the area and theless in the second coach Winnie Whately can see bought the cyclone-ravaged amenities It rna crea e a number of talented youngshy resort nearby in 2012tunity where the sters filling the void of Wilson However his lease ran out CONTINUED ON PAGE 7for higher duties and Horsburgh said
It is a great opportunity for We yill hae $523M SAFETY UPGRADE
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ON 5TH DECEMBER
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Interim deal in place until Spit lease is decided FROM PAGE 1 Mr Bond who owns all of the power water and sewerage to the Spit was responsible for the care and maintenance of the toilet block camp kitchen and gardens and running the Sunset Bar
I told council Im not inshyvesting a cent in the place until I have clarity going forward he said
Why would I invest in somethin~they are just going to give to someone else
That makes no sense He said he told council he
was willing to invest a large amount to improve the facilishyties if he was granted a new lease
The council have been unshyable to give me any indication of their intentions longer term which is disgusting considershying theyve run two tender proshycesses yet theyve told me nothing he said
As far as theyve told me there is no serious contender and I said I was open to a mulshytitude of options there could be conditions around me makshying sure the resort is operashytional within the next 12 to 18 months then well look to exshytend it
1 offered within my lease period to meet certain condishytions - I wasnt just saying sign me up - 1 was saying sign me up on the basis that I will invest a couple of hundred thousand dollars in it
Initially I was looking at spending $500000 down there but 1revised it because it didnt make sense not for the interim not until the resort was going
My focus went away from building a new large bar there to improving the existing bar and makilll- il morl w~ather (11lt1111 IIHI IIIIlllorlhll 11II1Iil1l~
I
The Sunset Bar at the Dunk Island Spit is due to reopen in December
Why would I invest in something they are just going to give to someone else
Dunk Island Resort owner Adam Bond
sites which makes a big differshyence and brand new toilets and showers
T thought it was reasonable to say thaI if I invested this tlllyd y Wl tlwn w(lll-ive
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sense Either I did it and the
campgrounds are infinitely imshyproved or I didnt and were in the same position were in anyshyway
CCRC CEO James Gott said council was currently working through the process of converting the tenure of the Spit from a national park to a reserve for recreation purposes with the council as trustee which was why no previous tenders had been accepted
Council had an undershy~~_______------- t 1u-abl-------1huJ
deemed to be national park so on November 13 it would conshyvert from a national park to a lease vested with council as trustees
It simply has not converted yet but we now have tenure for another two years during which time we believe it will convert over to a reserve - no one thinks it will take two years but that is an approprishyate time to allow
Given all these complexishyties no tender was accepted but since council is not pre-
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Pictures by ELISABETH CHAMPION
and we are now able to tender Were not going to have it
all locked up and not used while these administrative things happen we needed a soshylution so we negotiated with MrBond
The council believes that the area is enormously importshyant in terms of the tourist economy and intends to enshysure that the economic growth of that area and the communshyity is best served
Council is set to release a new tender document for exshy
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One of the two barbeques at the Dunk Island Spit
DUNK ISLAND SPIT CAMP GROUNDS
Visitors please note that should you need to rals any issuls concerning thfsecsmp
grounds please contact CaS50wary Coast Regional Council bv ealiins 1300763903 or 0740302222
Signs left at the Dunk Island Spit by current manager Adam Bond
Paths are overgrown and hard to navigate
Council will hold a pre-ten shyder meeting on December 7 with the due date for tender submissions of Wednesday February 28 at 3pm
A media release issued by council on Wednesday said An agreement will remain in place whereby Mr Bond will continue to provide sewerage water and cleaning facilities and operate the bar The opershyation and maintenance of common areas will remain solely Mr Bonds responsibility from November 18 2017 until
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tilude of options there could be conditions around me makshying sure the resort is operashytional within the next 12 to 18 months then well look to exshytend it
I offered within my lease period to meet certain condishytions - I wasnt just saying sign me up - 1 was saying sign me up on the basis that 1 will invest a couple of hundred thousand dollars in it
Initially 1 was looking at spending $500000 down there but I revised it because it didnt make sense not for the interim not until the resort was going ~
My focus went away from building a new large bar there to improving the existing bar and making it more weathershyproof and comfortable putting on more live music improving the public infrastructure like water and power to the camp-
Vi INNEOiZOiMA +
The Sunset Bar at the Dunk Island Spit is due to reopen in December
sense deemed to be national park so Either 1 did it and the on November 13 it would conshy Why would I campgrounds are infmitely imshy vert from a national park to a
invest in something proved or I didnt and were in lease vested with council as they are just going to the same position were in anyshy trustees
way It simply has not converted give to someone else CCRC CEO James Gott yet but we now have tenure said council was currently for another two years during working through the process which time we believe it willDunk Island Resort owner Adam Bond of converting the tenure of the convert over to a reserve - no
sites which makes a big differshy Spit from a national park to a one thinks it will take two ence and brand new toilets reserve for recreation purposes years but that is an approprishyand showers with the council as trustee ate time to allow
I thought it was reasonable which was why no previous Given all these complexishyto say that if 1 invested this tenders had been accepted ties no tender was accepted theyd say well then well give Council had an undershy but since council is not preshyyou another 10 years too standing from the state that pared to deny the community
They wouldnt abide by the area of the Spit was no the use of it weve put in place that which to me made no longer appropriate to be this interim deal with Mr Bond
Pictures by ELISABETH CHAMPION
and we are now able to tender Were not going to have it
all locked up and not used while these administrative things happen we needed a soshylution so we negotiated with MrBond
The council believes that the area is enormously importshyant in terms of the tourist economy and intends to enshysure that the economic growth of that area and the communshyity is best served
Council is set to release a new tender document for exshypressions of interest to lease the Dunk Island Spit area today
Paths are overgrown and hard to navigate
Council will hold a pre-tenshyder meeting on December 7 with the due date for tender submissions of Wednesday February 28 at 3pm
A media release issued by council on Wednesday said An agreement will remain in place whereby Mr Bond will continue to provide sewerage water and cleaning facilities and operate the bar The opershyation and maintenance of common areas will remain solely Mr Bonds responsibility from November 18 2017 until March 312018 and will also inshyclude the bar from December 1 2017 until March 31 2018
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Interim deal in place until Spit lease is decided FROM PAGE 1 Mr Bond who owns all of the power water and sewerage to the Spit was responsible for the care and maintenance of the toilet block camp kitchen and gardens and running the Sunset Bar
I told council Im not inshyvesting a cent in the place until I have clarity going forward he said
Why would I invest in somethin~they are just going to give to someone else
That makes no sense He said he told council he
was willing to invest a large amount to improve the facilishyties if he was granted a new lease
The council have been unshyable to give me any indication of their intentions longer term which is disgusting considershying theyve run two tender proshycesses yet theyve told me nothing he said
As far as theyve told me there is no serious contender and I said I was open to a mulshytitude of options there could be conditions around me makshying sure the resort is operashytional within the next 12 to 18 months then well look to exshytend it
1 offered within my lease period to meet certain condishytions - I wasnt just saying sign me up - 1 was saying sign me up on the basis that I will invest a couple of hundred thousand dollars in it
Initially I was looking at spending $500000 down there but 1revised it because it didnt make sense not for the interim not until the resort was going
My focus went away from building a new large bar there to improving the existing bar and makilll- il morl w~ather (11lt1111 IIHI IIIIlllorlhll 11II1Iil1l~
I
The Sunset Bar at the Dunk Island Spit is due to reopen in December
Why would I invest in something they are just going to give to someone else
Dunk Island Resort owner Adam Bond
sites which makes a big differshyence and brand new toilets and showers
T thought it was reasonable to say thaI if I invested this tlllyd y Wl tlwn w(lll-ive
bull _ ___ 11-_
sense Either I did it and the
campgrounds are infinitely imshyproved or I didnt and were in the same position were in anyshyway
CCRC CEO James Gott said council was currently working through the process of converting the tenure of the Spit from a national park to a reserve for recreation purposes with the council as trustee which was why no previous tenders had been accepted
Council had an undershy~~_______------- t 1u-abl-------1huJ
deemed to be national park so on November 13 it would conshyvert from a national park to a lease vested with council as trustees
It simply has not converted yet but we now have tenure for another two years during which time we believe it will convert over to a reserve - no one thinks it will take two years but that is an approprishyate time to allow
Given all these complexishyties no tender was accepted but since council is not pre-
LL u~tb _ft1
Pictures by ELISABETH CHAMPION
and we are now able to tender Were not going to have it
all locked up and not used while these administrative things happen we needed a soshylution so we negotiated with MrBond
The council believes that the area is enormously importshyant in terms of the tourist economy and intends to enshysure that the economic growth of that area and the communshyity is best served
Council is set to release a new tender document for exshy
A___lAnd-a-~n--ACU-Ar~f lI1tJOo
One of the two barbeques at the Dunk Island Spit
DUNK ISLAND SPIT CAMP GROUNDS
Visitors please note that should you need to rals any issuls concerning thfsecsmp
grounds please contact CaS50wary Coast Regional Council bv ealiins 1300763903 or 0740302222
Signs left at the Dunk Island Spit by current manager Adam Bond
Paths are overgrown and hard to navigate
Council will hold a pre-ten shyder meeting on December 7 with the due date for tender submissions of Wednesday February 28 at 3pm
A media release issued by council on Wednesday said An agreement will remain in place whereby Mr Bond will continue to provide sewerage water and cleaning facilities and operate the bar The opershyation and maintenance of common areas will remain solely Mr Bonds responsibility from November 18 2017 until
~-U-UftJn ~
tilude of options there could be conditions around me makshying sure the resort is operashytional within the next 12 to 18 months then well look to exshytend it
I offered within my lease period to meet certain condishytions - I wasnt just saying sign me up - 1 was saying sign me up on the basis that 1 will invest a couple of hundred thousand dollars in it
Initially 1 was looking at spending $500000 down there but I revised it because it didnt make sense not for the interim not until the resort was going ~
My focus went away from building a new large bar there to improving the existing bar and making it more weathershyproof and comfortable putting on more live music improving the public infrastructure like water and power to the camp-
Vi INNEOiZOiMA +
The Sunset Bar at the Dunk Island Spit is due to reopen in December
sense deemed to be national park so Either 1 did it and the on November 13 it would conshy Why would I campgrounds are infmitely imshy vert from a national park to a
invest in something proved or I didnt and were in lease vested with council as they are just going to the same position were in anyshy trustees
way It simply has not converted give to someone else CCRC CEO James Gott yet but we now have tenure said council was currently for another two years during working through the process which time we believe it willDunk Island Resort owner Adam Bond of converting the tenure of the convert over to a reserve - no
sites which makes a big differshy Spit from a national park to a one thinks it will take two ence and brand new toilets reserve for recreation purposes years but that is an approprishyand showers with the council as trustee ate time to allow
I thought it was reasonable which was why no previous Given all these complexishyto say that if 1 invested this tenders had been accepted ties no tender was accepted theyd say well then well give Council had an undershy but since council is not preshyyou another 10 years too standing from the state that pared to deny the community
They wouldnt abide by the area of the Spit was no the use of it weve put in place that which to me made no longer appropriate to be this interim deal with Mr Bond
Pictures by ELISABETH CHAMPION
and we are now able to tender Were not going to have it
all locked up and not used while these administrative things happen we needed a soshylution so we negotiated with MrBond
The council believes that the area is enormously importshyant in terms of the tourist economy and intends to enshysure that the economic growth of that area and the communshyity is best served
Council is set to release a new tender document for exshypressions of interest to lease the Dunk Island Spit area today
Paths are overgrown and hard to navigate
Council will hold a pre-tenshyder meeting on December 7 with the due date for tender submissions of Wednesday February 28 at 3pm
A media release issued by council on Wednesday said An agreement will remain in place whereby Mr Bond will continue to provide sewerage water and cleaning facilities and operate the bar The opershyation and maintenance of common areas will remain solely Mr Bonds responsibility from November 18 2017 until March 312018 and will also inshyclude the bar from December 1 2017 until March 31 2018
tilude of options there could be conditions around me makshying sure the resort is operashytional within the next 12 to 18 months then well look to exshytend it
I offered within my lease period to meet certain condishytions - I wasnt just saying sign me up - 1 was saying sign me up on the basis that 1 will invest a couple of hundred thousand dollars in it
Initially 1 was looking at spending $500000 down there but I revised it because it didnt make sense not for the interim not until the resort was going ~
My focus went away from building a new large bar there to improving the existing bar and making it more weathershyproof and comfortable putting on more live music improving the public infrastructure like water and power to the camp-
Vi INNEOiZOiMA +
The Sunset Bar at the Dunk Island Spit is due to reopen in December
sense deemed to be national park so Either 1 did it and the on November 13 it would conshy Why would I campgrounds are infmitely imshy vert from a national park to a
invest in something proved or I didnt and were in lease vested with council as they are just going to the same position were in anyshy trustees
way It simply has not converted give to someone else CCRC CEO James Gott yet but we now have tenure said council was currently for another two years during working through the process which time we believe it willDunk Island Resort owner Adam Bond of converting the tenure of the convert over to a reserve - no
sites which makes a big differshy Spit from a national park to a one thinks it will take two ence and brand new toilets reserve for recreation purposes years but that is an approprishyand showers with the council as trustee ate time to allow
I thought it was reasonable which was why no previous Given all these complexishyto say that if 1 invested this tenders had been accepted ties no tender was accepted theyd say well then well give Council had an undershy but since council is not preshyyou another 10 years too standing from the state that pared to deny the community
They wouldnt abide by the area of the Spit was no the use of it weve put in place that which to me made no longer appropriate to be this interim deal with Mr Bond
Pictures by ELISABETH CHAMPION
and we are now able to tender Were not going to have it
all locked up and not used while these administrative things happen we needed a soshylution so we negotiated with MrBond
The council believes that the area is enormously importshyant in terms of the tourist economy and intends to enshysure that the economic growth of that area and the communshyity is best served
Council is set to release a new tender document for exshypressions of interest to lease the Dunk Island Spit area today
Paths are overgrown and hard to navigate
Council will hold a pre-tenshyder meeting on December 7 with the due date for tender submissions of Wednesday February 28 at 3pm
A media release issued by council on Wednesday said An agreement will remain in place whereby Mr Bond will continue to provide sewerage water and cleaning facilities and operate the bar The opershyation and maintenance of common areas will remain solely Mr Bonds responsibility from November 18 2017 until March 312018 and will also inshyclude the bar from December 1 2017 until March 31 2018