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INTERNATIONAL ARBORIST RESPONDS TO CRITICISMS BY COUNCIL
Mike Ellison, the well-known UK arborist who recently assessed the Laman Street figs for Save Our Figs Inc, has responded angrily to a memo from Newcastle City Council’s Director of Liveable Cities about his report. (more…)
I decided the time is ripe to remind ourselves of some of the low points of the Laman Street fig saga. Flashback time. (more…)
Anti-fig people use radar investigation as an example of NCC’s evidence to back up their risk claims so it’s timely to remind ourselves of what a great example of the scientific approach radar investigation has been in the hands of Newcastle City Council. (more…)
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…)
Joanne McCarthy writes some great columns in the Herald but one this week tops them all for me.
I’ve been reading the Newcastle Voice report of the Vision Thing. I’ve read the whole thing before a couple of times and I look at different things each time. (more…)
The day when council revisit the issue of the Laman Street Civic Park precinct is fast approaching. (more…)
Sean Freeman, an arborist who has commented on this blog and who is part of the Veteran Tree Group, was kind enough to refer me to a ground-penetrating radar expert to have a look at GBG’s investigation in Laman Street. I needed this because I was – I was about to say confused but I think incredulous is more to the point – astounded at the information given out to the attendees at the charette that the roots we can all see on the report are reflections in the minerals in the bitumen. (more…)
http://www.gbgoz.com.au/pdfs/services/GBGA%20Tree%20Root%20Mapping.pdf
Maybe we need to tell them that what look like tree roots are probably just reflections of minerals in the ground… Home
Waterhousia in Memorial Grove in Civic Park
In January Councillor Nuatali Nelmes asked a council officer if the ground-penetrating radar report would be in the information provided to the public looking into redesigning our perfect-looking street and very good CBD park. (more…)
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