Submission letter of OBJECTION for the Use of Open Space Recreational Land for a Shopping Comple-Peregian Beach Sports & Recreation Club Inc. · MCU13/0092

2. The disadvantages caused by loss of open space recreational
   land has not been sufficiently demonstrated by the applicant.

   •   For over forty years volunteers from all over the region have
       been nurturing this area for a diverse & growing range of
       community activities that are casually connected and shared
       with one another.

   •   The ethos of the Tennis Club, Bowls Club, Kindergarten,
       Veggie Village on Di Hirst Oval & Community House are
       complimentary and create a recreational precinct that
       generate voluntary community support, contribution and
       commitment. This is priceless and desired in models of
       urban planning.

A privately owned commercial shopping centre would
divide and disrupt this healthy & holistic precinct in the town.
The location and facilities of the Bowls Club were vital for
helping the founding members of Veggie Village establish the
Community Garden on Di Hirst Oval. Many more community
initiatives such as the Food Co Op have future plans that share
community recreational facilities.

   • Local schools often used the beach volleyball courts until
     The Sandpit Beach Volleyball was told to vacate the site by
     the landholder, Pine Rivers Memorial Bowls Club.
   • Both the Community Garden & Coolum Cricket Club utilizes
     Di Hirst Oval as well as dog walkers, the Peregian Beach
     Running Club and families playing informal ball games.




Two of the existing uses on Oval.