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Bargain hunt this weekend MORE than 65 local homes are signed up to this year’s annual Garage Sale Trail. The Garage Sale Trail takes place this weekend, with local schools, groups, and homes taking part by selling off second-hand items. The founder of the event Andrew Valder said “the Garage Sale Trail provides thousands of Australians with a chance to re-home items that may otherwise end up in landfill.” Kingston mayor Georgina Oxley said ‘this event brings the community together, encourages households to declutter and raises awareness about the waste they generate and how it can be reused.” “It’s a great way to do your bit for the environment, meet your neighbours and find some local preloved treasures,” she said. To view a map of houses taking part on 19 and 20 October, visit garagesaletrail.com.au/KingstonCity Picture: Supplied
Golf course vegetation removal inspected Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au KINGSTON Council officers will inspect the Dingley Village Kingswood golf course site to ensure that the owners are complying with a permit for tree and vegetation removal. A special council meeting was called on 14 October to discuss the removal of vegetation and trees at the site. Councillors voted that “in light of the recent moon scaping and destruction of vegetation on the Kingswood
Golf Course” they would “instruct officers to inspect the Kingswood site to ensure compliance with the permit including trees and vegetation removal, discover the impact of the use of toxic pesticides particularly given the Kingswood site is in close proximity to residential homes” and “issue any stop work orders if necessary as well as any remediation works orders which may be required.” Kingston planning and development general manager Jonathan Guttmann confirmed last week that “Australian Super and ISPT, the owners of the
former Kingswood Golf Course site contacted Kingston Council officers seeking permission to remove or prune 75 trees on the site.” “The site presently contains approximately 1,500 trees and council officers have made it very clear that the vegetation on the site requires protection and appropriate approvals are sought prior to any removal,” he said. “As a result, a permit was granted by council officers to remove 36 trees, which require a local law permit to be removed. A further 8 protected trees were also approved for pruning.”
“Council officers have also visited the site late last week and formally sought an explanation from the land owner’s representative regarding the browning off of significant parts of the site.” ISPT senior development manager Anna Martiniello told The News that no trees had been removed without permission. “Council approved the removal of 41 trees at risk of dropping limbs on neighbouring properties over the next 12 months. In the last two months alone, we’ve had two separate trees drop significantly sized limbs on neighbouring
properties, damaging fences and sheds. The review of tree health is a standard practice of prudent property owners and managers,” she said. “The arrival of Spring means we are entering the peak growing season for grass and noxious weeds and this needs to be carefully managed. The obligation to manage noxious weeds is a requirement of property owners under the Catchment and Land Protection Act. The areas impacted are already showing signs of re-growth within a matter of weeks.” Continued Page 7