The jeopardy of Morshead Drive

That’ll do, cheers.

nsn said :

Thoroughly Smashed said :

Thoroughly Smashed said :

niftydog said :

…the willows were stripped out in the name of environmental salvation…

That sounds like a very strange thing to do, can you elaborate?

Actually what I was looking for was a specific statement from some government authority explaining the reasons for removal.

Let me Google that for you.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=willow+removal+lake+burley+griffin

Not even google, just check this site.

http://the-riotact.com/stanhope-to-make-the-willows-weep/26424

TheFlyingScotsman said :

So I imagine they might actually start trying to ‘fix’ this strip of path around 2015, leaving a small strip of loose gravel as a single lane along Canberra’s flagship recreational bike route once again? Or could the fact that road users have the possibility of having some kind of surface damage actually trigger some genuine maintenance?

A novel approach would be making a bike path along a river flood-resistant … or even a metre higher? Or even a cycle lane on the adjacent road, instead of a ‘detour’ sign directing recreational cyclists onto an 80km an hour arterial with two lanes and a hard kerb?

One can only imagine what competence might look like…

You would be pretty accurate with that date TFS. Given the stormwater drains in Banks/Conder were washed away neary 3 years ago, and the repairs have only just started 1 month ago, using the same time line, you would be correct. However, what has been started in Banks, has just been washed away,again.

Thoroughly Smashed said :

Thoroughly Smashed said :

niftydog said :

…the willows were stripped out in the name of environmental salvation…

That sounds like a very strange thing to do, can you elaborate?

Actually what I was looking for was a specific statement from some government authority explaining the reasons for removal.

Let me Google that for you.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=willow+removal+lake+burley+griffin

Thoroughly Smashed said :

niftydog said :

…the willows were stripped out in the name of environmental salvation…

That sounds like a very strange thing to do, can you elaborate?

Actually what I was looking for was a specific statement from some government authority explaining the reasons for removal.

Thoroughly Smashed said :

niftydog said :

…the willows were stripped out in the name of environmental salvation…

That sounds like a very strange thing to do, can you elaborate?

Haven’t you noticed, the banks of rivers are a hell of a lot barer these days? They are removing all “weed species” (I think they’re going after anything non-native) and exposing riverbanks to shocking erosion. The Molonglo has really copped it. They went after the fine old cottonwoods that surrounded the old Duntroon oval, too. Just a bunch of crappy bushes around it now, it’s very much diminished.

That gravel path was really pretty, not many people knew about it, but I was using it in the 70s. It had been there a long time by the looks of it.

niftydog said :

…the willows were stripped out in the name of environmental salvation…

That sounds like a very strange thing to do, can you elaborate?

EvanJames said :

…there’s always been a path down there, it was gravel, and actually very beautiful…

Since the willows were stripped out in the name of environmental salvation it’s a lot less beautiful down there.

keepitup said :

john87_no1 said :

Its deffs comms conduit. Any idea why its called Parramatta rope?

It’s yellow and blue.

Colours of the Parramatta Eels.

I got it straight away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAEA1KzDynI

john87_no1 said :

Its deffs comms conduit. Any idea why its called Parramatta rope?

It’s yellow and blue.

Colours of the Parramatta Eels.

I got it straight away.