Tregear and Whalan Reserve plans

The plans for Tregear and Whalan Reserve by Blacktown Council are here: Master Plan and Plan of Management

I'm afraid I didn't see this until comments were closed. Interestingly, they only had just over 20 people comment. They don't advertise these things. No doubt they thought they had their usual coverage and that would be sufficient. There are parts that I think are ok, and parts that are just strange and uninformed. They want to build some sort of structure for the lookout again. The remains of the last lookout was still there when I first moved in about 12 years ago. It had already been burned and not long after the remains were burned out to. But they want to build again. Maybe they think the pyromanics have moved out of the area. They are also talking about a walking track, but it's already there. A fitness area over by the baseball grounds. A kids playground up near Ellsworth. The last playground was trashed. Maybe they think those people have moved out too......

Toxic rubbish and Blacktown Council

You know how we all suppose to use the new light globes? Much more energy efficient, one of the pollies pushed through legislation to make the regular incandescent ones illegal. You know the ones, after we'd been using for ages we found out they contained really toxic stuff and shouldn't go into landfill? Mercury isn't it? Nasty stuff. The politicians are so bloody stupid, try to fix one problem (electricity consumption) and create one just as bad (mercury toxicity). So, did the politicians at any level come up with a solution for this little dilemma? No. Garbage disposal being the forte of local council you'd think they'd come up with something even if they weren't the ones to cause the problem. So, we finally have one of our fancy toxic lights blow. We aren't suppose to put it in the rubbish bin. We ring up Blacktown Council to find out what we are suppose to do. We are suppose to hold onto our toxic rubbish until the annual clean up. They don't have any other solution. Luckily, for us this time, it's soon - 26th October but even then it isn't a council-come-to-us thing, we are suppose to save up all our toxic rubbish and deliver it to them at the Rooty Hill depot. They don't have a suggestion for people without cars. I wonder if anyone at all is planning to catch buses and or trains up to Rooty Hill with their light globes? Hey, that's a perfect subject to comment on - leave a comment here if you're planning to take public transport to dispose of your globes at Rooty Hill!