Foreign taste
Tunnel distraction
ARE we rabbits or wombats, do we really need to start digging burrows and tunnels in Hobart? Tall skyscrapers are definitely unappealing and not savory to our locals. These eyesores are annoying and unwelcome. We can surely create a workable ferry service together with a light rail. These two viable options already have so much infrastructure in place. Other wild ideas like, a cable car can be put aside as can a Battery Point walkway et cetera. Feasibility studies are often a waste of tens of thousands of precious taxpayers’ dollars. We need to see things with an opened mind and keep it simple “what you see is what you get” sort of thing. We cannot afford to make mistakes, the stakes are so high. The direction of what projects our city chooses to adopt are of paramount importance.
A light rail or a ferry service makes reasonable sense. Hobart is a harbour city and its ludicrous not to promote a vibrant ferry service. Also we need to take a serious look at our light rail possibilities. We have most light rail infrastructure already in place. This light rail option will be financially possible and relieve most of our traffic woes.
Bravo Henry
CONGRATULATIONS to young Henry McCracken of Lindisfarne North Primary School, for his letter concerning Autism Spectrum Disorder (Letters, June 27). As a grandmother of two lovely little boys, aged 3 ½ and almost two, both diagnosed with autism, it’s great to think that their generation will hopefully have a much better understanding of the disorder. If more children like Henry grow up with the same patience and kindness as he shows in his letter, the world will be a much better place. Thank you, Henry. SO Mr Rockliff thinks not serving Atlantic salmon is some form of treason. Number one, Mr Rockliff, it is not a native fish and I don’t believe it should be called Tasmanian Atlantic salmon. A northern hemisphere fish is hardly Tasmanian. Ocean trout is a native of North America as well. I applaud these chefs who do not put it on the menu because like me not everyone likes to eat Atlantic salmon, I much prefer our sensational scallops, blue-eye, stripy, flake and so on and I think the better educated tourist does not want to eat the same as they can get in their hometown.
Amalgamations not on
council would overlap and conflict with the roles of the State Government. Even if such amalgamations were to occur in Victoria, it is flawed to suggest that a process designed for the highly populated and urbanised Melbourne would be best for Tasmania. Amalgamation conversations should be strategic, evidence-based and involve communities — not just a copycat approach to reform.