Today we visited the Jawbone Wetlands in Williamstown (Melbourne), many different waders, spoonbills, egrets and pelicans. Then we noticed a sign put up by the Hobson Bay City Council. What a good idea !!!!
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I've seen similar signs near my folks' holiday house at Port Stephens. The theory they have been operating under is that local residents cut down/destroy the beachside vegetation in order to get or maintain a view that has been obscured by trees growing up. There they place a large sign about 1.5 - 2m high in it's place, so that the view is still obscured by an ugly sign instead of trees.
It looks like these guys are doing the same thing - seems to work from what I've seen.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Apart from the ugliness of the sign I think its a good idea. The words "your" environment and "belongs to the community" are effective. People shouldn't think twice about dobbing in ratbag vandals. But I think many do, partly because they don't have a readily available contact number. The a***holes who cut down trees to maintain their view are despicable. They should be dobbed in immediately so they can be caught in the act and charged.
That happens down here on the Mornington Peninsula too - signs with very similar wording placed amongst the vegetation in rehabbed areas and I have heard of the signs to block the view where trees have been damaged or killed by residents to get a better view. I thinks it is an effective policy and I hope it does work.
There were also plans at one time where the council were going to remove coastal vegetation so car occupants could view the sea as they drove along the road
and it did happen to some extent but fortunately seems to have been stopped - sometimes I just do not understand where these idiotic ideas originate or worse how they get implemented.
Alison
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"the earth is not only for humans, but for all animals and living things."
The only suggestion I could make: the signs should be bigger. The houses down at Sandpiper Place are those huge $$ 2million type, the owners think money can buy everything. And if they don't get it, they take matters in their own hands.
There was also a small fenced off area with native grasses. It was fenced off by the "friends of the Jawbone Wetlands" (I think?), the sign said something like: there used to be 60 000 hectares of native grasses in this area, this is what's left. Don't destroy it.
Those wetlands are well worth a trip , just beautiful and lots of waders .
M-L
Similar signs aimed at developers would be a good idea!