June 4 8am 7mm, today at 8am 54mm and just had a look and a further 10mm; totalling 71mm and still a lovely desert tray cold pool to sample this evening. Satellite looking nasty.
I don't like to whinge at various organisations, but here I go and I haven't had a drop of booze. I contacted the council 2 weeks ago, I'm one of those guys who mows the nature strip, sweeps the footpath and cleans the front kerb and gutter out of the copious amounts of leaf litter. I don't know why because it seems as though those snooty neighbours then like to park their Jags or Mercs out the front. Council preaches sustainability and ecosystems, but loves to plant
deciduous street trees, in particular the Jacaranda. Come late Autumn and the street gutters are chockers full of leaves. There has been more than enough notice of the latest 2 big rain events which has seen in excess of 120mm being dropped over the last 2 weeks. I have contacted council detailing the issue, my green bin is full of leaves cleaned out of my gutters. In the meantime No effort to clean out the gutters, we are talking leaf litter up to the top of the gutter and these gutters are the big old ones about 150mm from invert. Well after last night the stormwater system could no longer cope, clogged full of leaves resulting in a number of localised minor flooding events. Greenhill Rd flooded, cops everywhere blocking off roads, localised inundation of homes adjacent to side entry pits. No to mention the Torrens and subsequently the gulf is now full of rotting vegetative matter. Leaf and litter traps cant possibly cope with the runoff. All that is required is 5-10 small mechanised gangs with a skid steer and a couple of tandems. Allow 2 weeks, $200 to $300K would ensure the eastern metro catchments of the Torrens would be free of crap, now we have a major pollution event but hey, we have pretty purple flowers in spring.
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