Volunteers at a Hobart boat club are rolling up their sleeves again, this time to repair a secondary jetty that sees hundreds of water users each year.
The Geilston Bay Boat Club plans to replace timber walings and upgrade the public footbridge on its secondary jetty, two years after members clocked 500 hours refurbishing the main jetty.
That earlier project delivered new decking, better lighting and safety upgrades for the primary jetty, which supports more than 1,000 boaters annually, along with hundreds of students learning to operate boats.
“It is a wonderful example of what our maritime community can achieve together,” said former rear commodore Lori Graff.
While the secondary jetty is still structurally sound, it needs maintenance work that members will tackle during weekend working bees.
Vice commodore John Behrens said the club’s volunteer workforce included skilled tradespeople who donated their time to keep costs down.
The jetty serves a wide range of users – from Sea Scouts and recreational fishers to kayakers.
Families also gather there on summer evenings to watch bioluminescent algae light up the water.
Both jetty projects have been supported by TasPorts community grants, with the club among 85 organisations sharing a total of $350,000 in funding.
