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Respect for the Anzacs
Anzac Day in Emerald was commemorated with a dawn service and march through town.
Picture: TRACY DASLER
Respect, honour, gallantry and remembrance were qualities seen and heard at Anzac Day services across the Dandenong Ranges. From red poppies covering the township of Emerald to an Anzac floral display in Monbulk, the tributes for Australia’s and New Zealand’s fallen were present at every turn. Commencing the day with a dawn service, Emerald’s community returned for the mid-morning service and march through town, seeing veterans don their medals with pride and the sounds of the Last Post ringing over the township. Puffing Billy hissed in the distance and Army cadets took their place. To read and see more from Anzac Day, turn to pages 9, 10 and 11
Olinda residents on treadmill complaining to council about their...
Road to frustration By Shamsiya Hussainpoor Residents in Olinda have been frustrated with the deteriorating condition of the road in Thomson Avenue, pushing one of the residents to make several complaints to the Yarra Ranges Council. There are four houses in that street, the poor conditions of the road have created unique issues for all of them. Alan Rogers has made multiple enquiries and complaints to the council for the past four years. His house is at the bottom of the road and said everything that gets washed away from
the top, ends up blocking his drains, resulting in water flooding his garden and front yard. Upper Coonara Road is the road above Mr Roger’s street, during a sudden storm or heavy rain, it gets eroded easily. Mr Rogers’ main concern is that the drains fill up with the road metal, it also blocks up with the branches and leaves, this then flows down into their drains and causes erosion and damages to the residents’ property. “My biggest beef with the council is the frustration of them not taking the problem seriously,” Mr Roger said. “We are at the end of Thomson Avenue, it’s a small street…we have to take our own bins
up, we have to go to the top of the street to get the mail, we hardly see the grader, they come twice a year to lay gravel on the road… we are at the end of the truckload, so as a consequence, our road gets no attention. “We are greatly affected by the effects of what goes on above us.” He has been contacting the council on numerous occasions in hopes of fixing the problem, but he said the council doesn’t appreciate it or doesn’t seem to want to know what the problem is with the engineering up on the road not the houses below it. A Yarra Ranges Council spokesperson said drainage inspections have taken place but
given the location, it was suitable infrastructure. “This open drain takes large volumes of water during heavy rainfall, and it is important that landowners pro-actively maintain the driveways where it meets Council’s road and the drainage system,” they said. “Due to the changes in weather patterns and increased rainfall in recent years, Council acknowledges that drainage, particularly on properties in a steep locations, will be experiencing challenges.” Continued page 3
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