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Pass (on) the salt and look to the roofs
" JUST when it seemed desalination had won the water-supply battle, the humble roof tile is about to strike back." ...
Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos sighted in Glenburn Bend Park
Yellow tailed black cockatoos were sighted in Glenburn bend Park on National Tree Day 2009.
"The Yellow-Tailed Black-Cockatoo is one of six species of Black-Cockatoo in Australia. In recent years it has been in rapid decline because of native habitat clearance, with a loss of food supply and nest sites."
Scotch College seeks compensation for loss of land to tollway
Scotch College $5Million compensation bid for loss of land.
Glenburn Bend Park Corymbia citriodora joins the National Trust
Lemon scented gum listed by the National Trust (Victoria) on its Significant Tree register.
Freeway upgrade blows out by $400Million
The cost of upgrading Melbourne's M1 freeway system has blown out by more than $400 million to $1,400 million.
Noise Abatement Action Group (NAAG)
Sorry, Sir Rod, your rail tunnel plan is just loopy
An assessment of the Eddington Report by Paul Mees, Senior Lecturer in Transport Planning, RMIT.
Green or Greed? The battle for our suburban parklands
Peter Hodge, The Age, August 11th, 2008
Travel to Work in Australian Capital Cities 1976 - 2006
An analysis of census data showing the rise in the use of cars for people to travel to work in Melbourne over the last 30 years.
Herald Sun: "McCrann: High Price for a moment of freeway madness"
An analysis of the funding deal for the freeway widening.
Victorian Auditor General's Report on Freeway Widening Project
The Age: "Desal Option does not hold water"
Kenneth Davidson writes on alternatives to a desalination plant. A pipeline from Tasmania and the cessation of logging in Melbourne's water catchments are two alternatives offered.
He also writes against the northern east-west road tunnel through Royal Park - "The sensible option is to deal directly with congestion at a fraction of the cost by reorganising the public transport system, mandating it to improve service rather than maximise profit through maximised subsidies."
Eastern Rosellas sighted at Glenburn Bend Park, Nov 2007
External link describing these colourful birds
Waverley Leader: "Residents driven up the wall" - 18 Sep 2007
New noise walls fail to deliver the goods
The Age: "Another freeway a must, new roads chief urges" - 10 Sep 2007
Call for northern road link for freight
Progress Leader: "New Freeway Fight" - 05 Dec 2006
FOGCV draws a line in the sand.
Coalition for People's Transport condemns irresponsible freeway widening plans - 09 May 2006
PTUA comments on Monash Freeway Widening Proposal and other Melbourne Transport Issues Oct 2006 (PDF 2.7mb)
"Great Scot": September 2006 "Principal's Report"
Comment by Principal of Scotch College on widening of the Citylink/Monash Freeway above Gardiners Creek, at Scotch College and the impact on the indigenous vegetation strip along the Gardiners Creek corridor. (Page 4 of a PDF document which may take a little time to load)
The Age: "Power supplies at risk from big dry" - 10 Sep 2007
Coal fired power stations need substational amounts of water to make electricity.
"Australia's Southwest Getting Hotter and Drier - Study"
Climate Change forecast for the South West of Western Australia.
Melbourne Water: Rainfall Figures for Gardiner Monitoring Station
Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly rainfall figures, automatically updated on an hourly basis.
Progress Leader: 31 Oct 2006 "Rift over troubled waters"
Progress Leader article with FOGCV opinion on proposed Tooronga Development.
Waverley Leader: 15 Aug 2006 "Water fails in tests of bacteria"
One of many articles in local newspapers highlighting the water quality problems in Gardiners Creek.
www.freshwater.net.au
An excellent site describing Melbourne's freshwater places, people,
indigenous flora, fauna & geology as well as Melbourne Aboriginal history & culture,
narrated by Wurundjeri Elder Ian Hunter. www.freshwater.net.au aims to strengthen
and build Melbourne's freshwater community and to provide a useful, free and
comprehensive information resource. It contains a directory with 25+ subjects
& 200+ links to sites, groups and information.
Melbournes Water: Cummulative Levels in the Melbourne's Dams
Graph of the current levels of water in Melbourne's Water Storages.
In 2006, the traditional turnaround in water levels, that usually starts at the beginning of August, did not occur.
An opinion on the effect of the current practice of catchment logging on the future water yields from Victoria's water catchments.
Tooronga Action Group
Coles Myer Limited and Sydney-based developer Stockland are proposing a massive over-development on the Tooronga Village & Brickworks site at the intersection of Tooronga Road and Toorak Road in the heart of Melbourne's inner east.
This over-development will profit the developers, but at the cost of residential amenity, and it will worsen traffic problems in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, including Hawthorn, Camberwell, Glen Iris and Malvern.
Acacia
implexa ripped out for freeway worksHome
External Links Page
Pass (on) the salt and look to the roofs
" JUST when it seemed desalination had won the water-supply battle, the humble roof tile is about to strike back." ...
Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos sighted in Glenburn Bend Park
Yellow tailed black cockatoos were sighted in Glenburn bend Park on National Tree Day 2009.
"The Yellow-Tailed Black-Cockatoo is one of six species of Black-Cockatoo in Australia. In recent years it has been in rapid decline because of native habitat clearance, with a loss of food supply and nest sites."
Scotch College seeks compensation for loss of land to tollway
Scotch College $5Million compensation bid for loss of land.
Glenburn Bend Park Corymbia citriodora joins the National Trust
Lemon scented gum listed by the National Trust (Victoria) on its Significant Tree register.
Freeway upgrade blows out by $400Million
The cost of upgrading Melbourne's M1 freeway system has blown out by more than $400 million to $1,400 million.
Noise Abatement Action Group (NAAG)
Sorry, Sir Rod, your rail tunnel plan is just loopy
An assessment of the Eddington Report by Paul Mees, Senior Lecturer in Transport Planning, RMIT.
Green or Greed? The battle for our suburban parklands
Peter Hodge, The Age, August 11th, 2008
Travel to Work in Australian Capital Cities 1976 - 2006
An analysis of census data showing the rise in the use of cars for people to travel to work in Melbourne over the last 30 years.
Herald Sun: "McCrann: High Price for a moment of freeway madness"
An analysis of the funding deal for the freeway widening.
Victorian Auditor General's Report on Freeway Widening Project
The Age: "Desal Option does not hold water"
Kenneth Davidson writes on alternatives to a desalination plant. A pipeline from Tasmania and the cessation of logging in Melbourne's water catchments are two alternatives offered.
He also writes against the northern east-west road tunnel through Royal Park - "The sensible option is to deal directly with congestion at a fraction of the cost by reorganising the public transport system, mandating it to improve service rather than maximise profit through maximised subsidies."
Eastern Rosellas sighted at Glenburn Bend Park, Nov 2007
External link describing these colourful birds
Waverley Leader: "Residents driven up the wall" - 18 Sep 2007
New noise walls fail to deliver the goods
The Age: "Another freeway a must, new roads chief urges" - 10 Sep 2007
Call for northern road link for freight
Progress Leader: "New Freeway Fight" - 05 Dec 2006
FOGCV draws a line in the sand.
Coalition for People's Transport condemns irresponsible freeway widening plans - 09 May 2006
PTUA comments on Monash Freeway Widening Proposal and other Melbourne Transport Issues Oct 2006 (PDF 2.7mb)
"Great Scot": September 2006 "Principal's Report"
Comment by Principal of Scotch College on widening of the Citylink/Monash Freeway above Gardiners Creek, at Scotch College and the impact on the indigenous vegetation strip along the Gardiners Creek corridor. (Page 4 of a PDF document which may take a little time to load)
The Age: "Power supplies at risk from big dry" - 10 Sep 2007
Coal fired power stations need substational amounts of water to make electricity.
"Australia's Southwest Getting Hotter and Drier - Study"
Climate Change forecast for the South West of Western Australia.
Melbourne Water: Rainfall Figures for Gardiner Monitoring Station
Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly rainfall figures, automatically updated on an hourly basis.
Progress Leader: 31 Oct 2006 "Rift over troubled waters"
Progress Leader article with FOGCV opinion on proposed Tooronga Development.
Waverley Leader: 15 Aug 2006 "Water fails in tests of bacteria"
One of many articles in local newspapers highlighting the water quality problems in Gardiners Creek.
www.freshwater.net.au
An excellent site describing Melbourne's freshwater places, people,
indigenous flora, fauna & geology as well as Melbourne Aboriginal history & culture,
narrated by Wurundjeri Elder Ian Hunter. www.freshwater.net.au aims to strengthen
and build Melbourne's freshwater community and to provide a useful, free and
comprehensive information resource. It contains a directory with 25+ subjects
& 200+ links to sites, groups and information.
Melbournes Water: Cummulative Levels in the Melbourne's Dams
Graph of the current levels of water in Melbourne's Water Storages.
In 2006, the traditional turnaround in water levels, that usually starts at the beginning of August, did not occur.
"No end to logging in catchments" THE AGE, October 20th, 2006
"A desperate act from a Government failing to come to grips with the state’s water crisis."An opinion on the effect of the current practice of catchment logging on the future water yields from Victoria's water catchments.
Tooronga Action Group
Coles Myer Limited and Sydney-based developer Stockland are proposing a massive over-development on the Tooronga Village & Brickworks site at the intersection of Tooronga Road and Toorak Road in the heart of Melbourne's inner east.
This over-development will profit the developers, but at the cost of residential amenity, and it will worsen traffic problems in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, including Hawthorn, Camberwell, Glen Iris and Malvern.