By Kirra Livingstone
BEERWAH Golf Club will soon have an asphalt car park for the first time largely thanks to a grant from Fisher MP, Andrew Wallace.
Club president Vic Johnston said it had been a long time in the making, with the 52-year-old club having to make do with a gravel car park.
“We’ve fought long and hard to try and get this car park underway and as you can see in the progress out here it’s well and truly underway,” he said.
“The wet weather might cause a little bit of havoc, but they are doing such a wonderful job at getting the drainage sorted in the car park.”
The first of two stages of the car park expansion and refurbishment will be completed by the end of November. The first stage is the completion of the asphalt car park while the second stage will include an extension of the new car park.
Beerwah Golf Club received the $98,000 grant back in 2021 and have also received a loan to complete the build.
The final result will increase parking up 30 per cent.
General manager Tracy Odgers said the club is looking forward to many other improvements to the actual course, including rebuilding the greens.
“The plan is to rebuild a couple of greens a year, as the greens we have now are old and outdated compared to the modern standard, and fixing our bunkers after this year’s rain, next year,” she said.