Hi everyone,
Every so often I join in on a post, which slips quickly off the front page, and my time doesn’t permit me to reply. Post 66415 was one of these.
Axle,
I did not mean to hijack your thread with discussions on a specific area. Though dumping of any sort of waste over/near a major
water supply is very much a cause for concern. Unfortunately it is not confined to “Old Highways that have been bypassed” as any traveller along the Great Eastern Highway between
Perth and Kalgoorlie will attest. On a trip a couple of years ago we had a slow leak in one of the vehicle’s tyres and had to stop frequently, we were not as
well fitted out as we are now, at the road side pull in bays. Clean, neat and tidy at first glance……………… take a couple of steps through the first row of bushes ……………… and be amazed and sickened by the amount of rubbish that has been dumped! Nappies, car bits, car tyres, car batteries and my ALL TIME favorite ……………… human mushrooms ………… although most of these had the white warning streamer in close proximity….. YUK!
Doug,
top marks for being in communication with the council! Needless to say that I’m impressed and shocked, to hear that you actually received an answer! Time will tell if anything progresses from that. My hat is off to you for making a start! Please keep us informed of further communications.
Lionel,
I agree with your comments. Originally all the gates in the area were locked and 4WD’ers were understandably upset. A compromise was met where SOFT sand bypasses were put near the locked gates to allow 4WD only access and (TRY) to stop road vehicles from entering and dumping rubbish. Apparently with very little impact on the problem.
Gronk,
regardless of some of the blunt replies to your comment, one of my pet hates is about … People who throw lit cigarette butts out of their car windows, regardless of the time of year! Had someone’s bounce back in through my window one day, by the time I had stopped my vehicle to find the wayward bumper, the vehicle containing the offending thrower …….. had long gone. The incident was over in a matter of seconds and there was no time to think of recording the offender’s details.
I will stand by my previous comment …. Most people are LAZY!
Royce,
the WA Government recently spent between three and five hundred thousand dollars, telling the WA motoring public ……. NOT to talk on their mobile phones while driving. Taking into account that I am on the road for longer distances and longer periods of time than I used to be, I still have trouble with the amount of people who are not a real human being without a @$&%$#@ mobile phone glued to their ear. Was almost run off the road one night by a “P” plate driver of undetermined gender ….
Who was TEXTING on their phone …. On a freeway …. At 100 KPH!! Go figure why the road toll is so high.
I will finish this post before I’m accused of being a Butt bashing techno dinosaur who uses two peach cans and a piece of string for communications……….. and don’t get me going about pets in National Parks ……… Goodnight everyone. LOL
Cheers,
Wayne.
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