Random Acts of Pooh
This blog watches the Deviot pooh site and invites interested parties to to respond to a community problem.POOH -Human POOH.... on the grass, by the river!
Monday 1 April 2013
Friday 21 December 2012
WTC will build their own toilet..
Sat 15th Dec 2012
West Tamar Council have chosen to build a toilet after all!
Thankyou to all those people who have supported this process
and all those squatters who led to this mission!
For several months now I have undertaken to maintain a blog addressing the need for a public toilet close to the Deviot jetty/ boat ramp which is frequented by fisher folk, boaties, grotty yachties and interstate visitors- all with a need to drop their dacks.
Alarmed that the council were including it in their annual budget(for a decede), but not spending the dosh, we suggested a few alternatives - but the wind was theirs in the end.
Who will meet me at the launch? - opening ceremony ?
How do wee celebrate?
a big cheer to all our supporters
Don Squat
West Tamar Council have chosen to build a toilet after all!
Thankyou to all those people who have supported this process
and all those squatters who led to this mission!
For several months now I have undertaken to maintain a blog addressing the need for a public toilet close to the Deviot jetty/ boat ramp which is frequented by fisher folk, boaties, grotty yachties and interstate visitors- all with a need to drop their dacks.
Alarmed that the council were including it in their annual budget(for a decede), but not spending the dosh, we suggested a few alternatives - but the wind was theirs in the end.
Who will meet me at the launch? - opening ceremony ?
How do wee celebrate?
a big cheer to all our supporters
Don Squat
Monday 5 November 2012
WTC Digs Wells
WTC Digs Wells
- LOVE A GOOD HEADING!
Well? well, West Tamar may not want to donate toilets, so TEAR have another idea- a well could provide fresh water for a whole village-
Mr Easther, you can get 75 wells for $120,000
That is great value.
BUT YOU STILL HAVE NOT FIXED THE POOH PROBLEM AT DEVIOT.
check it out at
http://www.usefulgifts.org/cart/add/well-or-water-system
Water for thought? Don
West Tamar Council donates 171 Toilets
West Tamar Council donates 171 Toilets
What a heading!
If WTC cannot decide where to build a toilet around Deviot, perhaps it could use our money effectively elsewhere - in the developing world?
It works like this:
WTC has allocated $120,000.
TEAR Fund can build toilets A$70 ea. so, that generous donation could fund
=171 purpose built village toilets.
Think what that could do for sanitation!
Now, if you would like to donate a toilet, you can do that athttp://www.usefulgifts.org/cart/add/toilet
Sunday 4 November 2012
No Policy for Humans
Lets Recap!
Its over three months since RAOP started acting on this issue. Many of you have spoken, left comments (and stolen signs), but the West Tamar Council who budgeted $120k for the ?9th conseq. year for a Deviot toilet, still have no plans. A conversation with a usually reliable counsellor-back in August, revealed it was currently 'out to tender' - well I am licenced to say- That was crap! That was merely to calm us down.
Now we need to ask, what else does the WTC use our allocated money for each year?
Lets Recap!
Go back to my Blog of 30th August,
Go back to my Blog of 30th August,
when we placed a sign and 'not for your dog bags'
It said:
New sign today, with accompanying 'not for your dog bags'.
Bizarre as life is, the WT Council have a policy on what to do when your
dog drops in public (see below), but no rules or recommendations for 'people's
pooh.' Here at Pooh Corner, we have taken the initiative to provide bags (and
gloves) to help you in those embarrassing moments when you are just tou-louse
to hold on!
We know all that drops on to 'pooh corner' seeps into the water.....
and we are still waiting for WTC to build a public toilet....
..........................................................................................Where do you think it should go?
Regards, Don Squat (-still agonising)
Cleaning Up
When your dog is in a public place you are always required to clean up
after it. Dog faeces are unpleasant and damage the environment. Cleaning up
can be done simply and easily with the aid of a scooper or plastic bag and
placing the faeces into the nearest rubbish bin.
=This does not apply to a guide dog that is accompanying a wholly or
partially blind person.
Failure to clean up after your dog can result in a fine of up to $300.
Rain dissolves dog faeces and they are washed into our waterways.
Marine plant and animal life are affected by this pollution. Australian
beaches are closed for several days after rain because of this type of
pollution. Dog faeces contain E-coli bacteria, which can cause ongoing
illness in people
Postal Address
PO Box 59 Beaconsfield Tas 7270
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Thursday 1 November 2012
Don was away for Art Entwine, and missed an opportunity to contribute to the local
Artists-in-the-Vineyard events.
We trust they all had adequate sanitary arrangements.
We are disappointed not to be able to add our own decorative bathroom to Deviot , but have provided a couple of ideas for next year (WTC still in ?10 yr planning stage), and fisherfolk and tourists still squatting on our plot.
Don was away for Art Entwine, and missed an opportunity to contribute to the local
Artists-in-the-Vineyard events.
We trust they all had adequate sanitary arrangements.
We are disappointed not to be able to add our own decorative bathroom to Deviot , but have provided a couple of ideas for next year (WTC still in ?10 yr planning stage), and fisherfolk and tourists still squatting on our plot.
Sahara Special Confort
A surprise awaits- just choose a lucky door.
Don likes this option- good hygenic concrete slab, and no visible river to drain into.
(But we wonder is the design could rest in Deviot, or would look spectacular next to the Batman Bridge)
Stonehenge at Glastonbury 2009 |
Sahara Special Confort
A surprise awaits- just choose a lucky door.
Don likes this option- good hygenic concrete slab, and no visible river to drain into.
(But we wonder is the design could rest in Deviot, or would look spectacular next to the Batman Bridge)
Saturday 20 October 2012
Tamar Delight
Tamar Delight
Ground- breaking- well nearly, we have just found
a self contained toilet that won't drain into the river
- and, it will 'generate employment'.
It took the PATeam - can some one tell the council.
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