The bike track in Mungindi at the WH Smith Park was a hive of activity as children eagerly awaited the ribbon to be cut at the official opening on Friday, March 17.
Officially opened by Moree Plains Shire mayor Mark Johnson with Cr Robyn Fuhrmeister, from Balonne Shire Council, children were eager to get their wheels on the new asphalt.
In front of a crowd of locals, local police, track designer Jason Cousins, Moree Plains Shire general manager Nick Tobin, Cr Lisa Orchin and Cr Mekayla Cochrane, Mungindi’s own Nyla Prince delivered the Acknowledgement to Country in Gomeroi language, with the students from St. Joseph’s Riley Hohn and Patrick Luhrs reading out their ‘Ode to the Bike Track’.
Cr Johnson had the honour of planting an olive tree, representing a tree of friendship with students, Nyla Prince from Mungindi Central School and Ellie Lurhs from St Joseph’s Primary
School.
“This much-loved new infrastructure already has the kids beaming with enthusiasm and participating in after school exercise. The poem St Joseph’s kids put together is a testament to how excited the Mungindi community is, and I am so glad we could help create this new hot spot in Mungindi,” said Cr Johnson.
This project was jointly funded by Moree Plains Shire Council, Balonne Shire Council, Mungindi Progress Association, and the Australian government under the Murray–Darling Basin Economic Development Program.
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