10/10/2026
Clearing the way for an exciting new chapter on Geurie’s main street! 🌱🚜
After nearly three weeks sidelined by a “fun” trifecta of Influenza A. Strep throat & RSV… it felt amazing to finally catch some sunlight and make the most of the final Saturday of the school holidays with the kids helping load up the trailer.
A massive shoutout and huge thanks to Mark Cobden from Mark’s lawns and Gardens for mowing, spraying, loading, and making sure everything was safely tied down. Absolute legend and a massive help.
Together, we cleared out four palm trees and one stubborn noxious w**d tree that was growing right out of the stormwater drain.
Fun local moment: a passing local spotted the palms coming down and pulled up to ask if we could donate them to the elephants at the zoo! 🐘 🐘
It was brilliant to see the fronds, crowns, and trunks all happily eaten up by the elephants = saving us a trip to the tip (though the noxious w**d went straight to the Dubbo Tip, not the enclosure!).
Next up on the tools: we’re bringing in help to take down the old boundary fence, strip off that harsh prison-look barbed wire, paint the posts fresh black, and put up clean new cyclone mesh.
Combined with CCTV cameras, sensor floodlights, and Macquarie Alarms, this prime site is getting a total safety and aesthetic upgrade.
It’s been a three-year project involving endless paperwork, reports, and studies, and we can’t reveal all the final details just yet... but it is finally coming together!
Watch this space. ✨
