Bus shelter - Wareemba

Reported via the Council's new-fangled web system.

I still have to ask why, when graffiti is this obvious, why it wasn't reported earlier by a bus driver.  It's not like it isn't obvious.

10 Oct update - the bus shelter has been cleaned up.  Don't know when it was done, but it's clean now.

Wymston Parade - success

About a month ago, I let Council know that the furniture along Wymston Parade had decayed rather badly and was becoming hazardous.  I went back today and found that most of the decrepit seats have been replaced - I think there are only two left.  The one on the right is an example of the old seating, with a new one on the left.

The new seats look excellent - although I didn't try sitting in one to see whether they are comfortable or not.  They are an enormous improvement on the old seats.  Things like this don't happen overnight, and I had not expected Council to move as quickly as they did to replace the old seats.  Big thumbs up.

There are also some very shiny new rubbish bins along the path as well, replacing bins that had really seen a better day.

It just goes to show that if you pick up the telephone and ask nicely, things can happen.  

Halliday Park and Wymston Parade

There is a nice walk around the water from Halliday Park along Wymston Parade in Wareemba. The playground has a small amount of graffiti in it, and some of the signage is a bit messy, but the main problem around this area is run down infrastructure.

Halliday Park and Wymston Parade

One of the bins is badly rusted. There is a rusted, sunken rowboat just below the high water mark. Much of the seating along the waters edge is falling apart - most of it is unfit to sit on. I guess most of it dates from the days of Drummoyne Council, which ceased to exist about a decade ago. By the look of it, not much maintenance has been done on the seating and signage since then.

As I was taking these photos, I passed quite a few people out walking along the path beside the water. All of them looked like locals. Why have none of them bothered reporting this to Council?

Somebody else's problem I suppose. Or imagining that Council has a magic telescope that will tell them where all the problems lie.

I don't believe in any of that, so I've rung Council and let them know.