You couldn't make this up!

[Coq au vin 755]

I wish Callum, Fraser, Abbie, Rory and Nelly who couldn’t play footy with the tree in the way would play for MFC. They'd do better than many of our 'AFL' players.

[Dinosaur Rover 197]

How pathetic can a city council become??

I mean really...

Reading the story it wss a mistake which has been corrected

A minor stuff up nothing more

These lazy stupids sods charge $1,000's per year in rates

To waste our time and put restrictions on what we can do

Some of these fat cats earn a CEO wage by being on a coucil...

[Dinosaur Rover 197]

It was a mistake acknowledged by the council and fixed

Not exactly an indictable offense or emblematic of a deep malaise or failing of government

[daisycutter 29,616]

i think maroondah council are going out on a limb here

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,755]

It was a mistake acknowledged by the council and fixed

Not exactly an indictable offense or emblematic of a deep malaise or failing of government

At the risk of being a bit too serious for this thread, how can such a mistake occur? Shouldn't somebody have (ahem) twigged that it just might not be the best place to plant a tree before they actually did so?

[ManDee 7,148]

When head gardener Wally Mowdoen was asked to comment he said "I can't see the problem".

Edited July 22, 2015 by ManDee

[John Crow Batty 8,863]

At the risk of being a bit too serious for this thread, how can such a mistake occur? Shouldn't somebody have (ahem) twigged that it just might not be the best place to plant a tree before they actually did so?

There are a lot of halfwits in the workforce. Every industry has them.

[daisycutter 29,616]

At the risk of being a bit too serious for this thread, how can such a mistake occur? Shouldn't somebody have (ahem) twigged that it just might not be the best place to plant a tree before they actually did so?

i think it's more a branch and root problem, ldvc

[Barney Rubble 1,576]

i think maroondah council are going out on a limb here

There could be something published by Leader Melbourne in the next few weeks that will match this.

A new fish ladder was constructed at Dights Falls. After being opened to the public for 2 months it was closed because the grid mesh over the top didn't allow for wheel chair access. They closed the fish ladder down for 2 years whilst scientists got involved to provide the criteria of how much daylight and air was required for access to the water.

Now wheel chairs can fit, but the grids are so close no-one can see the water let alone fish.

Edit: It has now been closed again

Edited July 22, 2015 by Pig Dog

[Biffen 12,943]

If this tree blossomed at Melbourne we would worry about when he leaves,or waiting for the next Flower.

What is clear is that he is being played out of position.

They expect him to grow into a role but will need to manage greenstick injuries.

At least he wont bough to his opponent.

[ickey_11 145]

At the Sherwood football club (Brisbane), on the juniors oval a tree overhangs the goals at one end. Sometimes the kick at goals is high enough to hit the tree but still be in play.

[beelzebub 23,376]

There could be something published by Leader Melbourne in the next few weeks that will match this.

A new fish ladder was constructed at Dights Falls. After being opened to the public for 2 months it was closed because the grid mesh over the top didn't allow for wheel chair access. They closed the fish ladder down for 2 years whilst scientists got involved to provide the criteria of how much daylight and air was required for access to the water.

Now wheel chairs can fit, but the grids are so close no-one can see the water let alone fish.

Edit: It has now been closed again

didnt occur to anyone to build using two styles of grid ?

One close grid in the areas the wheels of chair would likely use and more open elsewhere .

Not that hard really is it