Greener pastures

24 Mar 2025
Steve Barakin
UQ Gatton grounds supervisor Steve Barakin is retiring after 43 years working at the campus. Image: Marc Grimwade

The man who tended the mammoth grounds of UQ’s Gatton campus for more than 4 decades finished his career the same way it began – clearing the destruction and debris of a major weather event.

Grounds supervisor Steve Barakin spent his final week of work cleaning the Gatton campus after ex-Cyclone Alfred paved a path of destruction through South East Queensland.

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