Social spacing, unwanted visitors, smart freeways and diesel prices: Letters to the Editor

City of Melville need to be congratulated for being proactive in supporting there rate payers.

Times are tough and our local government need to support the general public.

2020....and the world stood still.

United.

No belief against belief

No white against black

No North against South

Sharing knowledge

Sharing grief

Messages of hope sent around the globe

When this mutual enemy,

Is vanquished

Will the world remain as one?

Imagine.

Over Easter both the Italian Pope and the English Queen assured us that we will survive the deadly Covid-19 virus.

These two pandemic experts stated it so it must be true!

I'm feeling an overwhelming sense of sadness and bitter disappointment. I'm in week five of self isolation hoping to survive this virus with health problems and we have to sit here and watch people smirk as they welcome friends visiting their canal front homes by boat and now people are down here in their holiday homes drinking and chatting loudly until midnight and keeping us awake.

I want all these people to be told in plain language that "if we survive this virus, it will be despite these selfish spoilt people, not because of them". I can see they have no shame but I hope they know we will never forget or forgive them!

I live in Greenfields and the constant bombardment of noise from properties on Yanagin Road is horrendous. I have rang the police. Nothing has been done. I have been keeping a noise diary, and will submit to the council.

My neighbours are sick to death of the music but are too afraid of the consequences so they just put up with it. They know what happened to me when I put in an official complaint in 2018.

I do not know what to do.

I too, wish to complain about the diesel price differences (fuel prices in general) within the Mandurah area, compared to WA.

I have tried to understand the reasoning behind this, and as yet been unable to come to anything close to reality. I have asked myself:

Is it the possibility of the cost of transport?

Is it the possibility of increased mark-up included by transport drivers?

Is it the possibility of a huge mark up included by the suppliers?

Is it the possibility of a huge mark-up included by the retailers?

Is it the possibility of an consortium operating in the Mandurah area?

Or is it, just bad luck, we live in Mandurah?

I do not have the knowledge, or the resources to answer any of the above questions, but I am of the opinion that one (at least) of the answers will be "Yes".

One further question that I have is -

Can anything be done to rationalise the variation of fuel prices in Mandurah?

I was out mowing my lawn and saw somebody learning how to drive. Why are these people allowed to operate when they are only sitting barely two feet apart. What happened to social distancing? If one of these two had the virus and didn't know, how many others would be affected and so on.

We would like to say a big thank you to our great neighbours and friends that have offered to shop for us in this very upsetting time for all.

Halls Head Primary School oval is being used by families, great! Dog exercise, also great. But please take your litter and dog excrement to the bin, or back home.

I attend ANZAC Day Service with a clear mind on two points of interest.

I commemorate the men and women who payed the supreme sacrifice in defending this wonderful country Australia.

To remember my family members, and mates who are no longer with us.

We have a debt of gratitude to them, that we will never be able to repay .

The Returned and Service League have for a hundred years through good diligence and management have enshrined, integrity, respect and commemoration to those same men and women who payed the price in blood and bone on our behalf .

Also to remember their families who were left to grieve. Thank you.

The State Government is well on the way to introducing the new "Smart Freeways".

Unfortunately this means that half of Mandurah's motorists will no longer be able to drive to the city.

Those "not-so-smart" drivers who can't use their indicators, can't traverse a simple roundabout legally, can't merge, hog the right-hand lane, can't drive at the speed limit, swing left before turning right & right before turning left will have to stop at the end of Mandjoogrdap Road, catch the train or stay in Mandurah.

We may be the lucky country but obviously not a very smart one.

Although the COVID-19 virus has caused many changes to organisations such asours, children of all ages are still dying and their families still needgrief support.It's so important that people know our help is still available.Many thanks

To people who own a holiday home in Melros Beach and didn't make it down for the Easter week, thank you. All three of you.

Thank you so, so much, from my family to yours. Thank you for protecting the elderly, most at risk majority of the population of Dawesville. Thank you for listening and adhering to the local and national government's recommendations from health officials to stay at your primary place of residence, don't go away for Easter this year, to slow the spread of this killer virus the world is in the grips of dealing with.

Thank you for informing yourselves enough to realise Mandurah is a hotspot for COVID-19 and because you only have a holiday house in Melros you'll be returning to your primary place of residence from a hotspot community.

To all those that are presently here enjoying your Easter getaway on the beaches, bicycles, boats etc...talk about selfish.

Having moved into a unit only a couple of weeks prior to everyone being required to stay at home, I had no opportunity to meet any of my neighbours. This morning I walked up to the mailboxes per usual at the same time as a neighbour walked out of her unit. I smiled and said hello and she looked at me as if I had two heads and spoke Swahili. On the way back from the mailboxes I again encountered the same neighbour on her way back from the communal garbage bins. I looked at her and again smiled. She immediately looked in the opposite direction.

I am 78 years old and totally non-threatening in looks or manner. This type of behaviour is unpleasant at the best of times. In the current situation surely a smile would not go amiss, never mind a 'how are you doing?'

The government says I can self isolate for 2 weeks as a worker with no pay! But someone one the dole will be getting approx $500 a week and eventually $1500 ? So I loose $2500 and someone on the dole is gaining $2500 ! And as an essential worker I have way more chance of getting the virus than someone who does nothing?

It's great to see that the Mandurah City Council has a range of strategies to deal with an outbreak of coronavirus in Mandurah. However, I haven't been able to find any information on what actions might be taken by the City to prevent an outbreak. Given that we live in an extremely popular tourist destination and people outside our area arrive here in their thousands over long weekends and school holidays, what is the City's plan to prevent visitors from arriving and forming crowds all over Mandurah, potentially creating a virus "hotspot" in our town over Easter and the school break, which has already begun for many?

Some south west tourist destinations are virtually closing their towns to tourists to protect their residents. Is something like this planned for Mandurah? The cavalier behaviour of thousands of people in Sydney and Melbourne in ignoring social distancing advice and putting everyone else at risk is a strong indication that far too many people cannot be relied upon to consider the impact of their behaviour on others.That would suggest that governments at all levels should be prepared to prevent that group of people in our society from endangering the vast majority who are doing the right thing by themselves and others.Now is probably not the time to plan a holiday in Mandurah.