Rant
We enjoyed the group of willow trees in Tuff Crater, Northcote, with their nesting kingfishers and rosellas. Then the Parks and Reserve Tree Police came and poisoned them. That was two years ago. Since then we look at dead trees. How long must we suffer this until they rot and collapse? Why do the authorities do half a job and why kill and not remove trees doing no harm?
Lee
Rave
My cellphone slipped out of my pocket on a late afternoon ferry to the city. By the time I realised, the ferry had sailed away. The staff at the ticket office took my details. They phoned my home an hour later to say they had the phone. The following morning, I rang the ticket office and asked if they could put it on the next ferry to Half Moon Bay, and I would meet the vessel there. Fifty minutes later, I was reunited with my phone. Thanks, Fullers, for great customer service.
