DEAR News Of The Area,
I READ with some interest Cr Ley’s proposal for an investigation into a proper caravan park for Dungog.
The lack of a van park has been a constant problem for many, many years.
Forty and more years ago, when my wife and our two then preteen children were caravaners, as soon as you mentioned you were from Dungog, the instant comment invariably was, ‘Oh, Dungog, what a pretty little town but you don’t have a van park’.
Even at Broome that was said to me.
After all this time, and lots of proposals, we still do not have a van park.
I note Cr Ley’s suggestion of Abbott’s Flat – that was talked of half a lifetime ago, and was rejected because it was flood prone, I’m not sure that is altogether a reason to give up on it, even so.
However, there is another area that I know has been previously considered, and I believe would be the ideal location for a van park, and that is the paddock at the end of Abelard Street.
It was George Berry’s dairy when I was a kid.
It is flood free, is large enough, and while it is on a gentle slope, it has no irregularities in its contours.
It also has two tall silos that would be ideal for a couple of murals to tell of our history. There is even a house on it for a caretaker to live in.
I have no idea why it wasn’t a go-er previously, but I think if we are looking to, at long last, create a van park for Dungog, then George Berry’s old dairy should be in the running.
Everyone should get behind this idea.
Dungog needs it.
I applaud Cr Ley for his initiative.
Regards,
Tom BOORER,
Dungog.
