Daintree Village park looking trim and terrific

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This Daintree Village park has been tidied up by Douglas Shire Council workers. Picture: Byron Filmer

An overgrown park near the Daintree Village boat ramp has been mowed and tidied up by Douglas Shire Council workers following frustrations being vented by disappointed residents.

Daintree Village locals said in mid March they had requested for the council to cut back overgrown weeds and shrubs that had become an eyesore at the site.

The park was ravaged by floodwater in December 2023, leaving the terrain jagged and covered in large amounts of sand. 

The flooding also destroyed a large section of the carpark, which has since been repaired, and took out an entire concrete foundation from the nearby caravan park.

More than a year on, the spot that once hosted a table and a number of trees had been taken over by dense grass and weeds.

Video taken by Newsport showed that the vegetation spanned all along the back side of the carpark extending towards the cow paddock behind.

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Fed up locals even offered to cut down the undergrowth to a manageable level so the council can easily maintain the area more regularly.

Resident Vincent O’Flaherty said at the time it was ridiculous something had not been done, saying “it would not happen in Port” (Douglas).

The DSC has been approached for comment for this story.

 

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