A few years ago I was ordered to remove my rotting dolphins from the sewage
ponds because, ostensibly, the smell was affecting residents some way down
the road.  It wasn't my dolphins - the system for breaking down the sewage
was playing up.  However, they made a handy scapegoat.
Denise
on 21/2/08 12:41 PM, Dave Torr at  wrote:
> Personally I'd be more worried about the noise from the freeway running so
> close. The area is a fair way from the smelly bits and part of it is already
> a housing development anyway.
> 
> On 21/02/2008, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
>> 
>> No need Tony. After the new residents have all moved in, they will
>> all complain about the smell and have the WTP closed down. The
>> authorities could then take advantage of the dredging in Port Phillip
>> and lay pipes to carry the raw sewage into Bass Strait. Much cheaper
>> in the long run.
>> You know it makes sense.
>> 
>> 
>> Carl Clifford
>> 
>> 
>> On 21/02/2008, at 12:26 PM, Tony Russell wrote:
>> 
>> Let's hope the developers issue nose pegs to the people who buy the
>> houses.
>> 
>> T.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 
>>  On Behalf Of Dave Torr
>> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:35 AM
>> To: birding-aus
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] News from Werribee - housing estate approved on
>> WTPland
>> 
>> 
>> Wyndham Council has formally approved the development of part of the
>> current Western Treatment Plant as the Riverwalk housing development.
>> The local paper says it will take all of the land in the triangle formed
>> by the Werribee River, Farm Rd and the Freeway although the website (
>> http://www.vicurban.com/cs/Satellite?c=VPage&cid=1148415559491&pagename=
>> VicUrban%2FLayout&site=VicUrban)
>> shows it as taking the area between the Geelong Rd, Werribee River and
>> Freeway) and has long been planned. The area is not of high interest to
>> birders (although any loss of open space is of course not good) but
>> probably means the loss of access to the WTP via New Farm Rd.
>> =============================== www.birding-aus.org
>> birding-aus.blogspot.com
>> 
>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
>> send the message:
>> unsubscribe
>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
>> to:  ===============================
>> 
>> 
>> ===============================
>> 
>> www.birding-aus.org
>> birding-aus.blogspot.com
>> 
>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
>> send the message:
>> unsubscribe
>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
>> to: 
>> ===============================
>> 
>> 
> ===============================
> www.birding-aus.org
> birding-aus.blogspot.com
> 
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
> send the message:
> unsubscribe 
> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
> to: 
> ===============================
===============================
www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com
To unsubscribe from this mailing list, 
send the message:
unsubscribe 
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to: 
===============================
 
 |