@mpesce they have always hated collingwood, and more so it’s supporters, It is in the dna. I suspect it has its roots in class warefare. in reply to mpesce#
Well, I stayed back at work later that I normally do. On leaving I saw that there were lots of cars in the back streets between Moore Park Road and Oxford Street. I decided to ride down the hill form Oxford Street to Moore Park Road, fully expecting the latter to be closed, but curious as to why. When I got down there, sure enough there was a police blockade. So down a back lane to the side of Victoria Barracks. Again the road was closed, this time by the fire brigade. Though on this occasion they may have been better called the water brigade. I had to laugh. The man beside me on a mobile did not think it was funny. He lived 4 houses up on the blocked off street. I took some pictures and headed back up the hill. Followed the massive traffic jam down OxfordStreet and then up the other side of the barracks on the bike track. I was able to turn right on the bike path where the cars can only turn left. As this was now a little up the other side of the hill, I missed the water which I guess was heading off down the side of the Sydney Cricket Ground.
For those of you who are interested: The Greenway and Light rail extension is by far the most significant cycling infrastructure project of our region.
Please participate as much as you can. I cannot make the meeting in Dulwich Hill as I will be on holidays.
Attached is info of ‘Further Consultation’ over the next 3-12 days.
If you can attend a session, your input would be appreciated.
Sessions details are as follows:
• Thursday 26 August 2010, 6pm – 9pm
Art Est. Art School – Gallery
67 Lords Road, Leichhardt
• Saturday 28 August 2010, 10am – 1pm
Haberfield Centre, Michael Meagher Room
78 Dalhousie Street, Haberfield
• Saturday 4 September 2010, 11am – 2pm
Dulwich Hill Public School
Kintore Street, Dulwich Hill
The planning timeline is as follows, and we are at the August ‘Further Consultation’ stage.
May 2010 Initial Consultation
Aug 2010 Further Consultation
Oct 2010 Public Exhibition and Consultation
Nov 2010 Response to submissions
Dec 2010 Planning Minister’s Determination
Here is my guide on how to vote. Probably too late for most of you, but you can put it away and use it to vote in future elections.
Always vote for minor parties first. Big parties are boring and the world would be a better and certainly more exciting place if there are many minor parties in parliament. This thing we call democracy, but which isn’t, would work better.
Vote for the parties you really dislike last. I always put loonies like Fred Nile’s party last.
Make sure the major party you prefer is ahead of the one you do not prefer.
Never vote according to a how-to-vote card.
For the senate you need some extra instructions.
In the senate always vote below the line.
Start with those parties you do not like. Start with the biggest number and vote backwards. In this election for NSW that’s 86 first, them 85. Count down in the columns.
Then vote for the parties you want to vote for, starting with 1 and counting up. It is important to do this becuase of the way the quota’s work. Again start with small parties first. The senate is where they can do their best
I am of the view that late counted votes have much more impact than early counted votes as they can influence the last few selections. Hence is it important to be near the end of the vote counting the senate. But I do not know enough of the actual counting mechanism to know how to achieve this. I suspect that voting below the line will help.
Well, I headed up to the Blue Mountains again. I met Kirsten, Krysta and Therese at Leura. We headed to Katoomba for breakfast and then headed down to the Jenolan Caves. We went to the Imperial Cave and then had lunch. In the cave we managed to catch up with the group before and had to be rescued by our own group. I guess it is harder to keep a track when you are also keeping track of the kids. We were disrupted at lunch by a false fire alarm, in the midst of a shower of rain. One man did not want to evacuate. He thought it was all a joke to make him look like a fool. I felt sorry for the staff. After this we wandered over to the lake, but the platypus were not to be seen and then we did a little walk before heading home.
In the end I did 92.23 km, but it did not always seem like it would happen. I headed out on the DHBC Saturday slows, but only did two laps and then stopped for coffee. At the most I would have done three laps, I have been able to do 5. After this I was disappointed that Mick Mazza had not kept any bike boxes for me.
but has his new flag 
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