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

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
 

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,

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!

Why?Because we love our river.......

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)

 

What the WTC Website says

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 http://www.wtc.tas.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81 Postal Address PO Box 59 Beaconsfield Tas 7270 Email: wtc@wtc.tas.gov.au




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.

 



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)






 

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.

A visual Mesage

A Visual Message

Would anyone really put a toilet on a jetty?

- over a river that they take fish from?

 

Get the idea?

                                               
                                               Could a Port-a-dunny Tent lead to Camping?
This is a risk
but WTC don't have a plan for a real loo.
Some guys from the PA Team erected  this 'make do' to help out those grubby fishers who leave all the 'stuff' on the grassy bank.
Who knows, the council always react to anything that looks camp.

Don

 

Deviot locals busting for a public toilet
-  have to byo pan to the picnic...

Come now councillors,
how can you deny children some personal comfort?

Well.....we waited, and waited, and Gunns have gone......what will that mean?

No pulping for now anyway............

Can we concentrate on all the other stuff that really contaminates our river- without a pulp mill!
Like people poohing by the water!
Has anyone noticed, sailing starts in October, and we still don't have a toilet at Deviot!
Yep the WTC have budgetted again - jut to keep us crossing our legs.......

RAOP now has stickers, so you can take our signs, but you can't take the message!Well that's what we thought until the rain claimed some! Thankyou to the morning jogger who was seen ensuring this one didn't disappear. You can join the PA team !-- you just log in to the gmail. Don

 

Another big week!

Following reference from a fellow pooh watcher, Pooh Alert Team (PAT) decided to investigate just how much pooh it apparent.

Yesterday, 11 deposits were indentified, marked and samples taken.

It seems that some deposits are quite similar- posing the possiblity that the site has a regular bogger.

New forensic opportunites for microbiology, and dna testing may present some interesting information.

 Don wishes to thank PAT for this busy day, which has been recorded.

Don found this at dribbble.com

-could be a sign...

New Boatshed Presents Opportunity
Deviot Sailing Club have begun excavations to extend their boatshed.
(Great opportunity to include a bathroom! The WTCouncil could even use our rates to fund it.)
Don had a helper mark the territory on the w/end.
Simple solution.....everyone's happy!

Cheers!
Don

Pick it up!

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!

Why?

Because we love our river.......

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?

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 http://www.wtc.tas.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81   Postal Address PO Box 59 Beaconsfield Tas 7270 Email: wtc@wtc.tas.gov.au

Don wishes to acknowledge his good mate T.Lautrec who was caught with his pants down several times- and is still paying for it- we have more photos yet!

 

 

 


At Deviot, just up from the jetty is this tiny space treed on three sides- nice place for a picnic, but alas, no toilet anywhere around, best place to hide for instant relief.



....trouble is, it is so close to the water, all that good stuff breaks down and seeps into the water........


and, that's the same water that
you are pulling fish out of!

and, our kids sail in........

 



The wierd thing is.........
 
 
 
 
 
 


                               ...........we are used to 'scooping the poop' after dogs, but take no responsibility for our own deposits?  What are we thinking?
 
 

..not even concealed..

..not even dug in...

We need to rethink this!

New sign on Thursday,did not last 24hrs. ?are we playing agame. Just for fun, it would be great if you told me what you like about the signs.- hey,

21/08      Sign is gone?

Was it so good it needed souvenirring? Thank for the compliment! Orrrrrrr is the problem a bigger shit than we thought? - sign required in other locations along our river!

Well, Don gets last say.......posted new sign today!

Pooh

Not so unusual

We all do it somewhere

Dogs do it

But, dogs have people to scoop it up.

People haven't trained dogs so well!

And guess what- it seeps into the river,

yeah, so you think the river isn't that clean?

Well what about that nice space where you have your coffee on the grass?

Watchout for toilet paper!

You could spill your coffee on it- but you could also be sitting on last week's  pooh !

Adjacent to the Deviot boat ramp, beside the car park is a small green space sheltered on three sides by shrubbery. As there is no public toilet anywhere near, this area is frequently used for human convenience, as evident by remaining toilet paper and solid waste.

Watch 'this space' now as we unfold (or is that squeeze out) the Deviot pooh story.

So where is Deviot?
It is a river dwellers' settlement with a boat ramp, fisherman's jetty and a sailing club, 4Okm north of Launceston along the 'pristine Tamar'- well, it was pristine once- before Pooh (and Bellbay industries, and even a pulp mill- mmm?)


Google A marks the jetty, alerts the pooh space.

sign on the block

Some guys from the Gold Coast were talking lots of photos of your sign, so I showed them the size of the local pooh. They couldn't believe their eyes...they have never seen anything like it.they said somethings I can't repeat actually........anyway, the word is out is in QLD now.  Deputy Beach Inspector