Banana Shire's "sister shire" is Boulouparis,
in New Caledonia. Boulouparis is a rural community with a
population of about 1,900. It is 75 kilometres north of Noumea.
See photographs, above, of Boulouparis delegation at Moura Mine,
and at QNP Nitrate Plant.
A selection of our visitors' comments: Responses to polls: "I think that there should be discounts on those wanting to
purchase grey
water systems and I think that there should permanent restrictions in
place
so that the residents can conserve water. I think that being water wise
should be encouraged." "Biloela needs an indoor swim
complex. This would allow the pool to be
used all year round and would also provide protection from the sun in
the
summer months. It seems ironic that our southern cousins have
access to
swimming facilities year round and in Qld we have restricted access."
"Your
website is fantastic actually - like what you are doing there."
"As a mother of two children, six and
three, I find there is a need for
more attractive parks, with more shade, seating and modern play
equipment."
"A decent park which can be
enjoyed by the entire community (young, old and
disabled), as well as tourists has to be a positive addition to our
town.
The Family Fun Day at the Lions Park displayed how families from all
walks
of life can join together and enjoy the outdoors and see their kids
playing
in the fresh air and getting exercise - something that doesn't happen
often
enough in this day and age. Lets do something positive for the
community as
a whole, not just for a minority!"
"The need for better playground facilities was highlighted on
the weekend
by the amount of families with young children which attended the Family
Fun
Day in the Lions Park. The soft fall under the existing play
equipment had
positive feedback. This is a great park. Let's make it
better."
"More footpaths are needed to link up major roads ie Prairie St
from civic
centre to Callide St, so school children don't have to ride on the busy
road. Other Sts like Washpool, State Farm Rd all could do with
footpaths."
"A decent park and playground for weekend bbqs and picnic,
somewhere nice
for travellers to pull up."
"1. Main street decorations for Christmas
2. Plant Christmas trees in the Waterloo area and sell at
Christmas time
3. Improve street lighting
4. More seating around the township for elderly people
5. More Shade sails and seating around the town and parks
6. More gardens in the CBD similar to the ones in Kariboe
street."
"Biloela is a great place to
live but there are no nice parks etc to take our children to, to play or
go for a picnic. The council needs to put money back into the
community to make it fun for children and families. Look at Tannum,
Gladstone etc. Look at their lovely parks etc. We often hear
out of town people say "Biloela is a lovely place but nothing to
do, we have to go to R'ton or Gladstone to take the family out".
That is so true."
"I live in Biloela and love it a lot."
"My choice (in the poll) is for attractive signage
at all entry points, because our many (some interstate) visitors, all
say, after an extensive personal tour
showing off our agricultural areas, the dam, the mine from the viewing
point, the newer parts of town, the meatworks etc., that they didn't
know
there was "all this" in Biloela. Other aesthetic
improvements could be the
clock, street lamps, fountain and shaded areas in the parks. Anything to
give the town individual character."
"What Bilo really needs is a funky cafe that is open
nights, and 8am till late on weekends (sat and sun). I know of so many
people who would go and there would be no competition as the cafes that
are currently around are not open at appropriate times for day workers
and people wanting to go out ..... either the existing pubs or cafes can be
altered to achieve this goal and I'm sure they would do well."
Other feedback: "Nice looking front page ...! AND, it's really
good to have the maps."
"I
am most impressed.."
"This is excellent work...Keep up the good work."
"Well done ... It looks good. I shall use it to keep
up to date with what is happening."
"...it is great."
"What a great website. Well done!"
"Well Done. A very
informative web page. Enjoyed the poll. Keep up the good work."
"Congratulations on the new website. It looks great!"
"Congratulations to Enterprise Biloela for this initiative.
Looks good."
"Yes very impressive, the poll for a cinema is a good idea."
"I think it is excellent and is a potentially very powerful
tool."
"It
looks fantastic and I can only imagine the hours it has taken to achieve
this! It is wonderful to see Biloela on the web."
"I’m so pleased that Biloela
will have a wonderful window to the world.."
"The
site looks GREAT ... – Well Done! Keep up the good work."
"I
think this is great. Just what the town needs."
"Visited
website today. Great!"
"...the work you are
all doing on Biloela.com is fantastic!!! Keep up the good work... So
great to see the enthusiasm, and the end product is looking incredible
... Great job!"
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