on the promotions website there are photos of their station. Its a good set up. Unfortunately due to the new shopping centre being built the old station couldn't be replaced in its old spot, pretty well smack bang in the middle of town. Now its right out the southern side of town and they're about to build a new housing estate on the northern side. I would think that some response times, especially to the northern side of town, would be longer. But its still a good station!
probie_boy, what you say is true however;
Although the most substancial development is on the northern side of Strath, there are also several developments out to the south of town currently being established.
And although it seems now that the station/group base is in a far out location with respect to the town centre and its previous location on South Terrace, one would expect that in another 5 to 10 years, the Forrest Road location will be considered as part of the central township.
The station itself is very good, just a bit smaller than the old one, but electric roller doors are the real luxury.
Apart from the main disadvantage of being next door to the dump,
1) The new station is not located in a busy part of town, unlike the old station, where it was easily seen frequently by the public.
2) Also, due to the new loaction it means that the majority of the members have a 2 km longer drive to the station (all 50 zones), which means that Strath's average response time has jumped up by about 1 minute. Meaning they now have an average between 5 - 8 minutes, as opposed to 4 - 7 minutes at the old station, simply becasuse it takes longer for people to get to the station for a call. However, an average around this mark is still very acceptable by anyones standards.
All in all, the station itself is great and I hope that it serves its purpose well for the Strathalbyn brigade and group for a long time!
