Park bin is a tidy idea
I notice there is a meeting on Friday, January 13 at 4.30pm at the skate park to discuss the Australia Day skate event and any other issues people have with the skate park.
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I can’t be there, but would like to suggest the installation of a garbage and recycling bin. The skate park is currently filthy with a huge amount of litter. However, there is no bin to put it in. I wonder why this is so? Rumour has it that the previous bin was vandalised.
The current state of the park is unacceptable. A vandal-proof bin needs to be installed.
I recently visited a number of skate parks in Sydney, which were all beautifully tidy. It would be disappointing if the same result cannot be achieved for Goulburn.
Oh, and while we’re at it, a bubbler and water-filling station might reduce the need for people to bring all those soft drinks in the first place.
Rod McConnell, Goulburn
It’s testing our patients
Most Goulburn Post readers would be familiar with the TV series Yes Minister.
In one particular episode the minister discovers that he`s responsible for a hospital that is fully staffed but has no patients.
When he asks why, he`s told it`s because hospitals run more smoothly without patients around the place.
Which brings us to the continuing saga of the Bourke Street Health Service.
We learn this week that the Brain Injury Unit and Giles Court, the 16-bed transitional unit for elderly dementia patients, are to be closed down and moved elsewhere.
What will be next? Death by a thousand cuts? The place will run like clockwork when finally there are none of those pesky patients left.
The lights will be on, but there`ll be nobody home.
Incidentally, that Yes Minister episode was, of course, fiction but after it went to air, journalists discovered a hospital in London with just one patient: the hospital matron, who had slipped on the polished floor and broken her leg.
Peter Riley, Penrith
Thank you, Goulburn Base
I would like to send out a big thank you to all the staff at Goulburn Base Hospital for their wonderful work, care and support during my recent illness.
Everyone did a wonderful job and I want the community to know how amazing the people there are.
Tim Ryan, Goulburn
Got a lot of bottle
One of the most popular hobbies in the US, UK and Europe is buying antiques and collectables. Here in Australia there are [also] many people dedicated to the collection of art, toys, silver or glassware.
One such dedicated group is people who collect perfume bottles and associated ephemera. For many years, there has been an International Perfume Bottle Association in the USA, but in 2014 an Australian Chapter was created to allow local collectors to exchange ideas and bottles. To date, it has attracted members from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, SA and WA as well as New Zealand.
The time has come to expand our membership. Our Chapter has developed a Facebook page, which has become the envy of collectors worldwide. We also publish to members a quarterly newsletter, which again has been given high praise, not only by our Australasian members, but also those from the international association.
We have introduced a website (perfumebottlecollectorsaustralia.org) and an email address for prospective members to contact us: enquiries@perfumebottlecollectorsaustralia.org. We know there are many collectors of bottles scattered around the country and we want to encourage anyone with this interest to contact us.