Posts Tagged ‘Newcastle’
Arthur Park. Vandals. 18.5.2012
May 18, 2012
Going, going, gone 17.5.2012
May 17, 2012Arthur Park, where Council used what seemed to me to be a far-fetched trees-poisoned-with-RoundUp-story, was half destroyed this week. (more…)
Monitored Moreton Bay 11.5.2012
May 11, 2012
If this tree were in California would it be ‘monitored’ or cared for?
Imagine the opportunities squandered by Newcastle Council’s tree team in the last decade.
So much information about maintaining assets like these could have been learned. Instead the focus was on spinning the truth to get rid of them.
Islington – Ausgrid and NCC vandalism 2.5.2012
May 2, 2012The poor tree in the photos below has been assaulted pruned by Ausgrid so much that it developed a crack in its base. That provided the excuse for Newcastle City Council to say it had to be felled. (more…)
Armed Gunmen on Newcastle Streets 1.5.2012
April 29, 2012After their three practice runs with Laman Street defenders, the riot police feel ready to roam the streets of Newcastle, going from one night spot to the next, supposedly keeping us safe from drunks.
It Only Took Them Ten Years 17.3.2012
March 17, 2012
The Herald 8/8/2002
How scary is this? (more…)
Beaten by Code of Meeting Practice 8.12.2011
December 8, 2011
Surprise from Council last night: Cr Claydon introduced her motion to close Laman Street as an late item of business but was unsuccessful in having it heard – that’s my version, anyway, of what I understand happened. (more…)
Casebook 101 2.10.2011
October 2, 2011
It occurred to me recently that the chance of many people making the time to read an arborist’s report is remote. So I thought I’d take a tried and true approach and give the best bits to you in instalments. This instalment is about casebooks. (more…)
Tents and Radars and Spring 3.9.2011
September 3, 2011
Tents have been in Civic Park for over a week and I expect will stay there until the next Council discussion about Laman Street on Sept 13th. Go down and visit, have a chat, take a photo, sign the petition, get the latest dirt news on what’s happening – make a memory you can tell your children about how you helped save those magnificent trees. (more…)
Breaking news 24.6.2011
June 24, 2011
There has been a resignation from the Laman Street Working Party: the landscape architectural consultant, Mr Walbank. (more…)
