Community organisations Peregian Beach Family and Friends Association (PF&FA) and Peregian Springs Residents Association (PSRA) merged at a meeting on Saturday and hope to use their combined numbers to garner support for issues including the creation of a bike path connecting Peregian Springs, Peregian Breeze and Peregian Beach.
PSRA president Bob Joubert said it made sense to combine resources to deliver better outcomes for Peregian residents.
PF&FA president Kane Livingstone said their aim was to create a combined organisation of 450 members to champion the needs of the whole Peregian community and “transcend the artificial local, state and federal electorate boundaries“.
He said members relished “the opportunity to bring the community and its leaders together for the benefit of all of Peregian”.
Mr Joubert said the group would focus on four main projects over the next 12 months – “developing a calendar of community events and activities; building community support for more local volunteer lifesavers on Peregian Beach; progressing the bike path connecting Peregian Beach and Springs, and encouraging the inclusion of residents in Peregian Breeze”.
Ninderry MP Dan Purdie who attended the meeting, said he welcomed the amalgamation of the two groups into a single voice for the local area.
