ANOTHER SUMMER, NOWHERE TO SWIM OUTDOORS
Another summer in Griffith and no outdoor place to swim.
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The mayor Dal Broi is quoted as saying all is OK (The Area News, January 13) and he has had most of this century to do something.
For a start as promised build a 50 metre outdoor pool. But then he can't swim so why do the people of Griffith and visitors need one.
The lakes at Wyangan could have been a major place to go to, but cyanobacteria took them over and killed the ecology of both lakes.
The lakes in Ballarat and Shepparton show what can be done and both are a major recreation and economic success in those towns.
The Area News, page 2, January 13 2020, has an article by Calhan Behrendt saying all is under control. It is headed Lake benefits from city allocation.
Griffith council should tell the ratepaying community precisely how they are going to bring both Wyangan lakes back from the persistent primarily Microcystis (cyanobacteria, blue-green algae) dominance.
Council should advise the community that a 50 metre, eight lane unheated pool will be built in the vicinity of the 25 metre indoor pool and opened for use no later than mid-October 2020.
But this will not happen as council continues to sit on its hands and building an outdoor pool is too difficult for them.
Geoff Sainty, Griffith
'NO LINK' BETWEEN DROUGHT AND CLIMATE
With all this talk about climate change, are we just talking about climate changing, it's changing all the time.
To link it to the drought is nonsense.
I have rain records back to 1895 with 1005 points of rain, 1896 1291 points, 1900 1171 points, 1902 1138 points.
Sorry I have not got the records for 1897, 1898 and 1899 but I believe these were drought years.
Also there was no useful rains till 1903.
Then, of course, we had dry years and wet years since.
According to TV reports we do not have any reliable weather data before 1895.
How long have our true Aussies been here?
I believe stated in The Land newspaper dated August 30, 2018 the 1720s was a very dry year with all the waterholes drying up, the only water in spots was around Narrandera so folklaw says that Aboriginals from north converged to Narrandera for water.
Many died as they fought for the remaining water, this occurred in 1837.
We have politicians that cannot see past their nose or the seat of their pants.
If they don't build more dams or somehow regulate our flooding times this will happen sooner than later.
Just a frustrated old farmer with five generations of farming experience.
Greg McCarten, Griffith
OUR EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL DESERVE BREAK
Talking to my brother who works in the emergency services, he made the point many of us have forgotten it's not just the firies who have worked hard this fire season.
Many emergency services personnel have worked the fires since they started up North.
They are exhausted and have foregone their holidays for the 2019-2020 end of year.
All emergency service personnel should be commended for the effort they have made while the fires have raged.
But they need to be afforded a special break.
Greg Adamson, Griffith
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