1. 32 NEWS SUNDAY MARCH 29 2015
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IT’S Sydney’s most exclus-
ive scrap heap and it’s prov-
ing a real turn off for
tourists visiting one of our
most famous landmarks.
Nestled in the shadow of
the Harbour Bridge lie piles
of rusted metal, once sec-
tions of the arch and easily
visible to the hordes of trav-
ellers visiting the famous
Coathanger.
The fenced-off site on
the corner of George St and
Lower Fort St, under the
southern side of the bridge,
is being used to store mate-
rials while maintenance
work is being carried out.
“The scrap metal littered
under the bridge is an eye-
sore and a real turn off for a
tourist attraction,” Can-
adian tourist Ian Brown
said. “There is definitely a
better way to contain the
mess ... if the Foreshore
Authority is making the
Rocks a landmark desti-
nation for tourists visiting
Sydney, this is a big issue.”
The Sydney Harbour
Foreshore Authority, who
owns the area, has provided
NSW Transport with a ten-
der to use the land while
refurbishment continues on
the bridge.
“Roads and Maritime
Services is using an area in
Dawes Park near the south-
ern pylon of the Sydney
Harbour Bridge as a site
compound for maintenance
work being carried out on
the bridge,” a Roads and
Maritime Services spokes-
man said.
June Bullivant, represen-
tative of Heritage Watch
NSW and the Greater
Western Sydney Heritage
action group, said some-
thing needed to be done to
fix the site.
“Dawes Park is another
example of the lack of pro-
tection for heritage sites
across Sydney,” she said.
“This should be a first pri-
ority. A beautification plan
must be implemented to
remediate the area as soon
as possible.”
The RMS spokesman
said the site would be in use
until June this year, with
plans to returf the area once
the bridge refurbishment is
completed.
The eyesore ruining our Harbour Bridge
Check the smoke alarms
MORE than three million Aus-
tralians have never tested their
smoke alarms, something we’re
meant to do every month.
The 2015 Duracell Fire
Safety Study, released yester-
day, reveals that while the vast
majority of Aussies wouldn’t
run a red light, most neglect
household smoke alarms by
not complying with lifesaving
recommendations from fire
and emergency services.
The study found that 93 per
cent of those with smoke
alarms leave them for years
between tests, and 75 per cent
with battery-operated alarms
wait for them to beep before
changing the batteries.
Fire and Emergency Servi-
ces spokesman Kevin Reading
said firefighters saw a “devas-
tating” number of house fires
across the nation every year.
“Smoke alarms save lives by
providing a critical early warn-
ing that can give you time to
evacuate safely, but only if
they work,” he said.
JAKE McCALLUM
The Dawes Park site near the southern pylon of the Harbour Bridge.
Easter chocs up for grabs
KIDS will be lucky to find any
chocolate at Easter this year.
New research has suggested
that parents don’t have the
willpower to keep it safe.
Parents have admitted to
snacking on their kids’ Easter
goodies with 72 per cent of all
treats consumed by parents
before Easter Sunday.
Dr Sue Cartwright, scien-
tific affairs manager at Col-
gate, says while the majority of
parents think it’s healthier for
their kids to consume sugar
over an extended period rath-
er than in one hit they don’t
realise the negative impacts
this can have on teeth.
“It is best to consume sug-
ary foods at mealtimes and not
to snack continuously, even if
the sugar consumed at one
time is higher, it is better than
spreading out consumption,”
Dr Cartwright said.
“This sport has been my passion for over 28 years. I look
forward to competing this year at the Sydney Royal Easter
Show.” – Greg Thomas, veteran woodchopper
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