“It’s probably be a three-year cycle of
extra renovation to break all that up and
to ensure the course stays in great nick,
but it is in terrific condition.
“They (maintenance staff and volunteers)
have done a great job in the recovery and
it’s well worth a look.”
“The only evidence of the flood is the
driving range is still a little scarred as
we complete the grow end of the range,”
Cosier said.
Infrastructure wise, the club had to
replace offices in the maintenance
building, which are located in lower lying
areas of the facility.
“There was a lot of capital expense needed
to be ploughed back in at a time when the
golf industry is not going forward.
“Since the floods we have built our
technical centre which is very hi-tech
so the club has gone ahead in leaps in
bounds in the last 12 months.”
A year ago, the floods left The Brisbane
Golf Club looking like a muddied fruit
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and vegetable garden after produce from
the Rocklea markets washed onto the
fairways.
Today, the golf course is at its picturesque
best and looks extremely inviting.
The club’s general manager Simon Parker
said ground staff and volunteers had the
golf course back in play three weeks after
the floods.
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“We have had to do more aeration and
coring in the last 12 months than we’d
usually do and will probably have to do
that for the next few years as well just to
get that silt up beneath the top layer.
“The only evidence of the
flood is the driving range
is still a little scarred as
we complete the grow end
of the range,”
It was an amazing feat considering the
club received damage to the tune of
$700,000-plus.
Currently, the club is putting the finishing
touches to its flood mitigation plan.
“Most of our damage was fixing up the
machinery shed,” Parker said. “As part
of the process we have got a disaster
mitigation plan that swings into action at
certain trigger points.