20 ovals scrapped

and yet we need to ‘upgrade’ the yarralumla parkland with more plants…

I watched a game of rugby at Condo last year – each team looked for the grassed bits to get tackled on. There was no point enforcing the blood rul for scrapes, as there wasn’t a bloke on the field who didn’t have bloody knees or elbows!

When I grew up in Condo the ovals were always dusty and dry. Didn’t stop us playing footy and soccer. Bloody kids these days 🙂

Will the hordes of fat kiddies be able to sue in ten years time for failure of the government to provide suitable areas for recreation, leading to the poor blighters to be stuck with else to do other than eat Krispy Kremes and play on their X-boxs and Playstations, directly leading to their incredible obeseness?

There is more than enough water in Canberra to fuel sporting paddocks, do not be misled by the current campaign.

Enough water has dropped out of the sky and onto Canberra to maintain the 20 grounds for a full summer, the problem being that the water was allowed to run off, and not captured for use.

This is not due to Canberra’s incapacity to water the grounds, it was due to this Governments incapacity to capture the water.

Stanhope, Barr and the rest of the circus might want to ask themselves if choosing to water a nice garden over several sporting fields was ultimately a wise decision.

School ovals, watered once a week – eg at night – would keep them safe for sport and play (and not cause sports injuries) and would save restorative time and money later. No one expects a golf green, just a usable ground. It’s rather unfair to have certain sports grounds lush (eg Gowrie – used by the local Catholic Py School, I wonder if they chip in to its maintenance?) and everything else, notably public school ovals, a dust bowl.

As for Barr, I think we now Expect inconsistency, hypocrisy and stupidity. I’m certainly not surprised at all that oval maintenance is off the agenda but the Gardens of Babylon are still on it.

awww, a fake quote AND misunderstandng a joke which *I* republish!!

Anyone would think you were a complete moron EQ!

“14% of the readership do not think JB is a wingeing bitch – 100% realise he is not a bitch at all!”

Brown turf is better than bricks any day. It will change, rain can/may/will come.
20 paddocks better than 50 flats. Plant cactus for Floriade 08.

lots of ovals down at kippax that are used for next to nothing from what I can establish.
don’t you assholes take them away though. I run along them.

Our govt have no leadership ability or anything resembling thought processes.
We have sod all water. We have sports grounds which we wish to use.
Dump sand on 6 of the 20 and set up venues for ‘beach’ cricket, soccer, AFL, rugby, volleyball etc. Of course there are problems associated with cleaning, cats crapping in it and such but they can be overcome or minimized with a bit of thought.
Tout Canberra as an ‘inland beach arena’ and turn our lack of water into a positive.