text: A grieving son was forced to dig his mother's grave after a council 'co-ordination error' meant work had not been done to the burial plot. Clint Gee made the almost six hour journey from his home outside Brisbane to Wandoan in regional Queensland, only to find the local council failed to dig a spot where he could place his mother's ashes. Mr Gee planned to place his mother, Elizabeth Hobbs, who died last year, with his father, Alex Gee, who died in 1964. Mr Gee makes the journey to the site every year to remember his father, and this year he wanted to follow through on a promise he made to his mother to reunite the pair. Clint Gee had planned to reunite his mother, Elizabeth Hobbs, with his father, Alex Gee, who died in 1964 . 'It was shattering,' Mr Gee told Daily Mail Australia. 'Me, my wife, my son, my mum's sister and some other family all made the five and a half hour drive to the cemetery out in Wandoan. 'Then we get out there and there was no hole dug - nothing.' 'Luckily I had a small spade with me and I was able to dig.' 'It was shattering,' Mr Gee told Daily Mail Australia, after he had to dig the hole himself . 'We get out there and there was no hole dug - nothing,' Mr Gee said . Mr Gee said he had organised the day with the Western Downs Regional Council to ensure everything would run smoothly. He also paid a $342 fee, after being upset with the council reduced its usual rate of more than $400. 'The financial side of things bothered me a little from the start, but I bit the bullet and paid the money and filled out all the forms,' he said. Mr Gee, pictured with his grandson, Cody, said the council organisation process was 'a bloody bit stupid' 'It was all a bit bloody stupid, but I had to do it. 'I confirmed it all the day before to make sure it was all ready to go.' Despite the confirmation, the hole had not been dug ahead of time. 'I walked around the entire ground to check they hadn't dug it in the wrong spot,' Mr Gee said. Western Downs Regional Council Mayor Ray Brown apologised to Mr Gee, pictured with grandson, Seth . 'Eventually, I called them and said: 'it's 40 degrees out here, and there's no hole'. I told them I sorted it out and that I'd call them Monday.' Mayor Ray Brown apologised to the family, and provided Mr Gee with a refund. 'Western Downs Regional Council can confirm that after receiving an application from Mr Clint Gee for a second internment of ashes in an existing burial plot, an accidental internal coordination error meant that the planned preparation work at the burial plot were not carried out,' Mr Brown said. Mr Gee makes the five-hour journey to his father's grave-site every year to look after it . 'Council, and particularly the staff involved in arranging the works, again apologise and express sincere regret at having caused distress and upset to Mr Gee and his family.' Mr Gee said he was happy he received the refund, but said he was mainly thankful his had been able to follow through on the vow he made to his mother. 'I'm just at ease it all worked out,' he said. 'Long-term I want to replace the headstone to include my mum, so that's the next part of this process for me.'
target: Clint Gee travelled six hours to place his mother's ashes with his father .
  Mr Gee forced to dig hole himself, after council 'co-ordination error'
  Had organised with council to reunite his mother and father in same plot .
  'It was shattering... I got out there and there was no hole dug,' Mr Gee said .