Residents,

My own measurements of Usage were very crude, based upon a 30 minute spot sampling on half a dozen occasions.  We would like to stiffen up the data, data which may demonstrate that as many or more people use the course/park for non-golf activities as they do for golf activities.

At the very least, the golf course management will be forced to deny this, or the BCC will be forced to do a survey of their own, AND IF WE ARE LUCKY, BBC can see a list of park users who are committed enough to go out and count.

I encourage you to give a copy of this to neighbours who do not use E-mail.  We need as much help from park users as we can get.  Depending upon how many people participate, we may be able to get enough data in a couple or three weeks for a real statistician to turn this into something useful!

That's why I think it would be terrific if we could get ask ALL  residents to do counts of
their own (see table below) and forward the data to me by this E-mail address hackquay@bigpond.net.au OR on fax to 3303-8625 OR drop it in my letterbox at 43 Hillside Tce

(1)  If one is walking around the park/golf course:
Tell me:
- date,
- time start,
- time finish,
- number of different people, (including teens & accompanied children and yourself if it is your normal walk),
- where you walked, or if you have an feel for it, the % of the course you covered

- name of resident who filed the count

(2)  If some one is stationary,
Tell me:
- date,
-  time start,
- time finish,
- number of different people (including teens & accompanied children)

 - locations where you observed, or if you have a feel for it, the % of the course that can be viewed,
- name of resident who filed the count.

IMPORTANT:

1.  Do not count people walking or jogging along the road on Indooroopilly Rd or Hillside Tce, until they get onto the course. 

2. Important that the measurements are accurate and carefully recorded.

3. However Stop watch accuracy is not required, to the nearest 5 minutes is stretching it, but is acceptable.

4. If you have trouble keeping more than one set of figures in your head (as I do) counting the number of golfers is optional.
4.  If you wish to do multiple observations in a day, that is great. But only count yourself once !

Here is a table that you can send back to me as regularly as you like.  Just print off this E-mail & you have it.

As you can see there are enough rows for 10 observations.  If some of you wish to do 10 a day, that is OK. 20 if someone is keen, or one long one !   I'm told Statistitions will know how to deal with this data. 

Date	Time Start	Time Finish	Number residents	Number golfers	Location or % links covered during period	Observer’s Name
2Oct	5:25pm	5:55pm	11	0	50% --along hillside tce up to Tarcoola entrance & back to 2nd tee	A. hackworth

Remember, you can forward the data to me by this E-mail address hackquay@bigpond.net.au OR on fax to 3303-8625 OR drop it in my letterbox at 43 Hillside Tce.   I'll keep you posted how the returns come in

Cheers

Andrew Hackworth