By Margaret Maccoll
A little over a year ago Ryley Diamond and his mate Jarvis built a treehouse in the Lowry Park across the road from their houses in Juniper Court, Peregian Beach.
Overseen by parents the treehouse is a sturdy structure sitting unobtrusively in bushland in the middle of the small street. It has become the much-loved communal meeting place for all the neighbourhood kids.
But one complaint about the treehouse alerted Noosa Council to the structure on Council land and it now boasts a council sign informing residents it will be pulled down.
A distraught Ryley set out to stop the loss of the local haunt. After putting together a petition he door knocked all the houses up and down surrounding streets to garner support. Signed by 58 residents the petition was tabled at Council’s Ordinary Meeting last week by Cr Frank Wilkie and referred to the CEO to determine appropriate action.
