Actions risk life and limb
On Thursday about 4:30pm we were walking at Lake Weeroona on the path between the lake and the Bendigo Creek when we heard the loud sounds of a motorbike exhaust.
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Realising that this was too close to be anywhere on a road, we stepped off the path just before a trail bike appeared around the bend and flew past us, travelling at what was likely to be 80km/h. This was very unsettling as the rider would not have seen us on the path as we were obscured by trees.
We walk at the lake every day along with dozens of other people; old, young, mothers with babies in pushers and lots of dogs. Some people walk with earphones and may not have heard the noise of a motorbike. Being struck would result at the very least in serious injury and probably death.
The rider was fully equipped in blue and white and riding a very nice trail bike with,of course, no number plate. Catching a person like this is very difficult as they are gone almost before you see them. CCTV might be the only thing to assist.
Will he come back again? We will certainly be staying alert for the sound of a motorbike and advise other walkers to do the same. It would be wise to remove your ear plugs so you can hear what's coming.
Brian Cole, East Bendigo
Ignore ‘anti-human’ claims
Ian Coopers' flawed letter (Climate change closes in”, Bendigo Advertiser, March 22) is filled with the sort of nonsense which caused the looming power crisis.
For example; his claim “extreme weather events driven by climate change will continually increase in intensity and frequency, threatening our food security” is not supported by science.
To the contrary, “extreme weather events”, otherwise known as storms etc, have not increased in frequency, or intensity.
Even the International Panel on Climate Change says it has found “no significant observed trends in annual numbers of tropical storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes counts have been identified over the past 100 years”.
Similarly, “our food security” is not threatened by either storms, or increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Instead, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization reports record crops across a greening world. A result partially explained by science as due to increased levels of the CO2 molecules Ian fears so much.
You have to wonder why so-called Greens hate a greening world and greater food production so much they ignore science in favour of their old fashioned, anti-human dogma.
But I agree with the point that “Mr McFarlane is right, we have witnessed decades of political failure in the management of climate change in this country”.
A failure precipitated by the anti-coal lunacy shouted at governments by the Greens et al.
Peter Wiseman, Mandurang
Rethink energy policies
It is notable that some Australian business leaders are asking or declaring that the high cost of power combined with the unreliability of supply amounts to “no reason to reinvest here and every reason to leave”. Not a very nice scenario for our nation.
Not only should our federal and state governments be doing a quick rethink of their energy policies, but our city councillors should be loud in their voices of concern about changes to help sustain and build more advanced manufacturing and ways to secure Bendigo’s energy needs for now and the future.
It will be of no use our council encouraging growth in our population and tourism capabilities and trying to obtain manufacturing, if we have no sustainable energy needs. Has our council or councillors raised its voice of concern to the state and federal governments? Has our council considered alternative power sources for its own buildings and yards?