Heritage Park Upgrade Begins in Mullumbimby

The Mullumbimby Council has commenced a signifcant $850,000 upgrade of Heritage Park, as part of the Heritage Park Landscape Masterplan. This project includes several new features aimed at enhancing the park’s appeal to the community.

Key improvements include:

• New Pathway and Boardwalk: A 2-metre-wide pathway will link the entrance at Brunswick Terrace to the playground at Mill Street, offering better accessibility.

• Play Equipment: A new climbing structure for older children will be installed, along with additional nature and imaginative play features.

• Seating and Shelter: More seating will be added, and the existing shelter will be refurbished.

• Off-Lead Dog Area: The section along Mill Street, currently an unoffcial carpark, will be turned into an off-lead dog area with new turf, providing a safe space for dogs and their owners.

Malcolm Robertson,

Manager of Open Spaces, said the project is based on feedback from the community and aims to improve the park as a valuable community space.

The work is expected to take around six months, and certain areas of the park will be closed during this time.

For more information, visit the Council’s website at Heritage Park Accessible Pathway and Playground Upgrade.

Oooh, what a ni y day I’m passing (so far) with ‘Mum Jane’. She’s reading her paper and I’m reading mine; calm & tranquillity abounds in our house.

(It’s ‘Leemo Cat’ here.)

Oh NO, Mum started muttering cross words to herself & writing stu in a notebook. Hmmm?

I must ask what she’s on about now? Drat.. She got in before me.

‘Leems, you’ve gotta read this utter tripe as spoken by some bloke called JD Vance who is a Republican candidate standing in the USA Elections this year. I WANT you to read it and tell me what you think.

Here’s what JD said.’ “ e Democratic Party (his opposition) is a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable in their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too.”AND, he went on, saying “it’s just a basic fact; the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children. How does it make any sense that we’ve turned our country over to people who don’t really have a direct stake in it?”

(Eeek, she was almost burbling with outrage (a gross visage!) by the time she’d read this out for me.) ‘Well, Leems, tell me your honest opinion on his words. Gottit?’ ‘Errrm, well Mum, let me just have a quiet contemplate will you?’ (Crikey, it’s a good thing I’m a voracious reader ‘cos it helps me in these contrary ‘Mum’ chats.) ‘OK Mum, rstly, you MUST answer my questions with truth. Do you consider yourself as a ‘childless single miserable cat lady?’ Oooh, she SHOUTED. ‘NO I DO NOT; nor do I consider ANY childless single woman who may or may not own a cat or cats to be so.’ (She went on) ‘Leems, how on earth could I ever claim to be living a miserable existence?’ ‘Well, you DO get crabby at times Mum? Doesn’t that indicate you’re miserable & discontent?’ Well, I tell you, her face fell as at as a Flounder; aaaargh! ‘Leems, bear in mind, there are many things in life that can make me feel out of sorts; for instance – feeling unwell; frizzy hair; being tired; being misinterpreted; gossip; a cake not rising; the paper not being delivered; a ‘certain’ cat biting my feet & coming in a er curfew; letting our house get untidy; a romantic let-down; blocked sewer pipes; all these & many other life occurrences can most certainly create a miserable, crabby mindset in me & I express perfectly normal human responses. I cannot gaily go skippety-dooo through a meadow of daisies in a yellow frock singing ‘I’m So Happy’ every minute of every day. Per chance, should a bee sting my nose in a joyous ing in a meadow, I reckon it would change my happy mindset quick smart. Comprende? AND, moving right along Leems, I’ll tell you something more. I AM quite happy & content with my life. I had a ni y happy upbringing with ni y parents. I have brothers & sisters I love dearly. I’ve had great travel adventures; I have lovely friends I care about; it just so happens, Leems, I simply forgot to have children; I instead have adopted many cats in my almost 75 years. In my view that JD VANCE bloke has kinda got things all out of skew. I gure he should go undertake an ‘adVANCE’ training session on what is, & what is not appropriate to sprout on the campaign trail.’ Well, Mum’s now had her say & she’s calm. is bodes well for my next words: ‘Mum, can we go out in our car and nd a meadow to frisk around in?’ Oooh, I got a huge hug & pat, and out came the car keys. Nitey, Leemo.