Panmure residents starting to see the park for the trees

Oct. 9, 2014, 4 a.m.

WORK to transform a former Panmure pine plantation into a community park is proceeding quickly with Moyne Shire Council contributing funds for the makeover.

Panmure Action Group vice-president Reg Dumesny (left) and president Ian Wallace take a break from mulching work at the future park this week. Picture: VICKY HUGHSON

WORK to transform a former Panmure pine plantation into a community park is proceeding quickly with Moyne Shire Council contributing funds for the makeover.

The creation of the park is part of a busy time ahead for the Panmure Action Group (PAG) that also has plans to create a war memorial in the township as well as new Panmure entrance signs.

PAG president Ian Wallace said Moyne Shire had responded to the groups call for assistance and contributed $4600 to pay for the mulching of pine stumps on the 0.8-hectare site on the banks of Mount Emu Creek.

Mr Wallace said the councils action had given impetus to PAGs plan to create a park on the land that had previously beenused as a fund-raising pine plantation by Panmure Primary School.

He said PAG hoped to link the park with a path along Billets Street to the bridge over Mount Emu Creek and the Big Hole swimming area on the other side of the creek.

Mulching of the pine stumps on the site took place this week and PAG plans to next contour the site, construct a post-and-rail fence around it with an entrance off Heath Marsh Road.

Mr Wallace said the installation of walkways and picnic tables would be the next steps, with tree planting by the community likely to be the final stage.

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Panmure residents starting to see the park for the trees