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Hi all,

Thank you to everyone who turned up to make the Sunday afternoon Street wall painting a wonderful and fun event. We counted 20 adults, 7 younger and 7 small children taking part throughout the day. We had a great time.

Have a look at the wall. It’s very colorful and inspirational. Many cars passed by and slowed down to find out what was going on. It’s all about raising awareness to look out for each other on the road, share the space and make it safer for everyone to use. (Click continue reading for more pictures.)

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A ’street wall chalk painting’

When: 25th of July (last Sunday of this month), 1.30pm.
Where: In front of Dorka’s house, 101 Waterworks Road
What: Turn the wall into a colorful space around the theme “the street is there for everyone to share”

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Put this number on your fridge – 6268 1184

This morning two women turned up in our driveway with a panic-stricken, injured wallaby and asked how to care for it.

Apart from risk to human safety, Hobart council’s inability to provide traffic calming in this area is causing needless deaths and trauma to numerous wildlife, and community members are frequently called upon to deal with them.

Here is a basic guide on how to care for an injured animal or an orphaned joey taken from the pouch of a dead mother.

Parks & Wildlife have a service number (Ph 1300 135 513), though the dedicated people at Bonorong Wildlife Park are often more contactable, having a 24 hour service: Phone 6268 1184.

At a very well-attended community meeting on October 7 there was a lot of discussion around the need for more serious speed deterrents than a 40kph limit for hoons and other speedsters.

People felt this lower limit would be of no use unless enforced (eg by a regular police presence, or better still by a fixed speed camera) and accompanied by other measures like marked crossings (perhaps).

Many doubt that appropriate levels of speed enforcement would eventuate; and, in any case, a lower limit would not solve the ‘footpath problem’.

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Believe it or not, this is for real. Traffic calming technique used in Canada. It really works.

A shocking and dangerous way to teach speeding motorists a lesson?

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Thanks to Dorka and kids for putting up this road safety sign.

Click HERE to see article in Mercury – 14th August.

You can read all about the speed humps saga by clicking HERE.

Many thanks to Tim at 156 who persuaded Hobart Council to erect three of these wildlife signs in the valley.

And to Philip at 136 for prompting the temporary installation of this speed indicator device, as an education tool /warning for local motorists.

As for Hobart Council’s proposed speed humps, these have been challenged with ferocity in various appeal tribunals by some people opposed to them. We have no choice but to await the ultimate verdict. You can hear more about this at this week’s community meeting.

3.20 pm on a Saturday afternoon. Speeding car, out of control, hits curb, tyre bursts, careens down the wrong-side-of-road on its wheel rim. An all too familiar story.

Blue line follows trajectory, car travelling this way.

Had it been a week day at that time there would have been an entourage of kids walking / cycling home just at that time.

To defend itself against a possible fatal calamity, the community has decided to take action. Keep tuned.

If you would like a good laugh then click HERE – you will need to be on broadband – it’s 2 megabyte.

(Mac users may need to download Windows Media software.)

We must thank everyone who has taken time to persuade Hobart Council to go ahead with the speed humps.

As you all know, Council finally made its decision to go ahead, but there is one last hurdle – the Department of Infrastructure (DIER) requires another round of public consultation.

To make is easier on everyone, we have drafted a collective submission on behalf of our community. Please have a look and let us know if you have any further additions or changes.

Here are the two relevant files:
speed hump submission
waterworks-crash-history

You can make any comments below or email Janine or Chris.