The area around the station was badly over grown and items of building materials were cluttering up the area. As you can see the efforts of a few have made a marked difference shown in photo 004. The other photos are furniture that 
was in my workshop or refurbished by John Gardner. The waiting room seating just needs a touch of paint and I will see if I can get hold of a filing cabinet to keep relevant documents and memorabilia in, in the ticket office. Bessie Webb gave me an 8 day clock seen in photo 001. Apparently it is a railway clock with mechanical winding. I will hang it in the waiting room wall adjacent to the ticket office window so it can be seen from the ticket office.
There is little else we can do on site until we debate with council the way forward.
The whole precinct is overgrown and in desperate need of attention. The few that are turning up are trying to battle this and some progress is being made.
I took a full backpack to Glenreagh and Jeff kindly attacked sections of heavy infestation. I spent an hour or two with
my line trimmer and from the sound of things so did Kevin.
I also cleared in front of the Donger Hut (the old office). We pulled some of the larger weeds and it will benefit from a mower now that most of the debris is moved.
Peter Dickson Smith has a fire permit and when he decides to burn off his rubbish from the cottage we should add the old particle board in front of the donger hut to this. All of it is weather affected and of little use now.
We further attempted to clear the area near the little platform.
The lift trolley should be stored in one of the sheds and the surrounds cleaned up.
David Page is developing a plan of action to reduce the growth around the cottage. Peter Dickson Smith tells me that he has a floor plan of the cottage and some photos of what the cottage looked like in the past.
These items will become very handy in developing the office / museum section of the plan and will show us what we are aiming for when we can restore the building to its origins as monies and resources become available in the future.
It was very disappointing to see the very few who turned up today. We need to stimulate activity within the current regulations and put in place structured activities so we can bring back the active members.
No one is coming because they can’t see or don’t know what can or can’t be done. No one wants to put GMR into strife by doing things add hock. With a structured plan and the relevant paperwork waiting on participants being ready, we may get the few things that need to be done now on the move. I am concerned that because of the long break over Xmas this year along with the restrictions we have had to endure, we are loosing momentum and this is being reflected in the poor turn out of members on work days.
As a board member I am asking that we as a board address these issues as soon as possible or suffer the consequences 
of having these wonderful assets disappear into the undergrowth.
I will continue to send out reports on what my crew and I are doing each week.
Regards Ron Wells
