TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact
The Diamantina Shire Council is relieved today after seeing two people finally use the weird toy-like public gym equipment purchased and placed in Central Park four years ago.
The use comes as a huge relief to the councillors, as they reallocated money from the road maintenance fund to pay for the outdoor gym – only after copping heat for not doing enough to fight obesity in the town.
The celebrations were cut short, however, due to the fact that the two people who used the equipment were backpackers.
“Shit! They were backpackers. That’s ok. The townspeople don’t need to know that,” the Manager of the council said.
“We need more people to use the bloody equipment or we might not make it in the next election – we took money out of a legitimate budget, and for what?”
The Advocate reached out to citizens to gauge their thoughts on the outdoor gym.
“It’s pretty shit to be honest,” said one townsperson.
“Yeah, if it looked like that one they’ve got down there at Bondi I’d give it a go, but it looks like fricken play equipment.”
“What even are half of them?” asked another.
Our reporters also managed to track down the two backpackers for comment, who unfortunately for the council, share a similar opinion to the townspeople.
“Oh, was that gym equipment? We thought it was a sad child’s playground, and I was just trying to make do,” said one backpacker.
More to come.
