Tui Died
Sadly the female bird of a nesting pair of Tui's died last night. Laying in my garden not far from the tree they lived in. Pretty sure as a result of a huge amount of super loud fireworks set off close by. It sounded really loud to me inside the house, windows closed, and on the opposite side of the garden. Can only imagine how terrifying it must have been to birds outside, nesting close by. Really sad. They were a young pair. Quite friendly and often visited my vegetable garden when I was working in it.
As she was a native bird I will make sure she is given to some one appropriate so her feathers can be used and her wee body buried.
And I will pop over to the neighbours and let them know what happened. They can choose how to avoid this happening again.
Perhaps an option long talked about, but not happening here in Paraparaumu, is to have one central place where we have a fireworks display, to cut down on collateral damage done to wild life and pets. Cheaper and safer all around. Ideally it would become a community affair, an event that bonds neighbours together. If people are keen i will contact the council and get the ball rolling to get an event organized. Assuming the council will stump up with the money.
Let me know what you think??
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Driven On The Akatarawa Rd Lately?
If so, its good to know you are still alive and reading this.
We have a function to go to over Christmas up that way and having heard a few hairy stories about the road, I went up there on Thursday to check it out. The road's ok, narrow and winding, but not much worse than a Wellington hill suburb. What was pretty scary was the behavior of other drivers. Three vehicles heading the other way at speed would have crashed into me if I hadn't been pulled off the road. I had pulled in to check the address when a truck came flying past, taking up all of the narrow road at speed. There is no way the driver would have been able to stop had they come around the corner immediately in front of me. The other two drivers came hurtling past as I had turned in to turn around and come back down the hill. They were also driving at speed and taking up most of the road. Coming back down I passed another car coming up and estimate that the safe speed to pass another car was about 30-35 kms.p.h. So, now we're thinking, do we go to the function or not.? Feels a bit like we're taking our life in our hands going up there. Drivers appear to be overconfident, and they are courting serious injury.
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