Johns River

Timber, rock and plants are on the way!

The Timber has been ordered for the first segment of board-walk going in along Koolyangarra reserve down to the pedestrian bridge over Washtub creek.

According to GTCC, the contract for the Johns River Boardwalk has been awarded to local building contractor Matthew Worth, from Worth Building.

Matt has done fine work in the past in our area, most recently the ramp, steps and wood enclosure at the store before it became Rosie's.

The plan to the right shows the new boardwalk’s approximate length, and the Initial Planting Area  for the upcoming work project.

Matt has ordered the timber, and will do an on-site survey around the 25th of this month.  Actual construction work should begin at the end of the month, weather-permitting.  He will do pre-fabrication off-site, and then around 2 weeks on-site undertaking earthworks and construction.

The boardwalk will be built with trusses made out of green ironbark, with kiln-dried dressed blackbutt for the joists and decking, with pine posts in concrete footings supporting the structure.  The timber will be treated with a CN protective emulsion to last years, with only minor re-treating needed later.

Once construction is complete, Stan “Davo” Davies, our Landscaping Chair will jump in with tube stock, mulch and some great feature stone and gravel from our friends and neighbours at Boral Quarry.

The boardwalk will be a solid addition to our village streetscape, and once complete, will extend from Station Street to Royan Street on the east side of Johns River Road, with concrete walkways along the west side.

We’d like to invite any villagers who’d like to lend a hand to call Davo to arrange a good date and time for you to help out.  Amongst the tasks will be distribution and placement of the stones in the creek-bed, planting of tube stock, spreading and compacting of gravel, and clearing of non-native weed species from the area.

We’ll have a sausage sizzle set up for a big community gardening day, and will update you soon with a letterbox drop and notice online at  www.johnsriver.com.au .