This was originally K8’s
2008 Christmas cache, but Christmas has come and gone and the
baubles put away for another year.
The sign says Welcome
to and Farewell from The Pine Rivers Shire, but in reality it’s
more a case of farewell, as the Pine Rivers Shire no longer exists
as an entity.
In 2008 this land
locked shire was FORCED by the state government to amalgamate with
Caboolture and Redcliffe shires to become the Moreton Bay Region
Council.
The Pine Rivers Shire
was the only local government council not named after an actual
locality and is now part of the third largest regional council in
Australia.
It has been estimated
it will take a couple of years at least, to amend the nearly three
thousand bylaw variations across the three previous
councils.
That’s without
replacing old logo’s and street signage such as this greeting. It
will probably circum to the forces of nature before the council
gets it, so in the mean time enjoy the cache.