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Mac Point waste

IT is a great shame Hobart’s Macquarie Point with needless-to-say just so much tourism potential is unfortunately again attracting publicity for all the wrong reasons (“Raw sewage spills into Derwent”, Mercury, August 13). A gold mine going to waste in its current format.

Chris Davey Lindisfarne

Just hold on

I WOULD ask everyone who is connected to the Macquarie Point Sewage Works not to defecate for a week. Apparently they have to clear the backlog.

Ian Batchelor Margate

Action stations

MAJOR movements at MuckQuarie Point?

Peter Wood Lutana

Sunshine state

WHO knew you could have a swim and get a tan at this time of year in Hobart. Macquarie Point, to be precise.

Michael McCall Primrose Sands

Oh, poo

SHIT happens!

Elizabeth Osborne North Hobart

Upstream

I BELIEVE I have a solution that will permanently eliminate the possibility of two Olympic-size swimming pools of raw sewage ever being discharged into the Derwent again. It just involves a little subtle encouragement. Simply adjust the plumbing so that any future discharges are redirected to the Executive Building.

Stephen Jeffery Sandy Bay

Box of chocolates

IN light of Sunday’s large sewage spill into the River Derwent, I suggest Macquarie Point needs a name change to Forrest Gump Park … shit happens!

Steve Bailey Glenorchy

Handfish worries

ANY news on the effect of the spill in the Derwent on the handfish or handfish habitat?

John Kerr Coburg, Victoria

Paine leads

IN 2010 at Lord’s, both Steve Smith and Tim Paine received their first Test cap together. Ricky Ponting gave them both their baggy greens. Smith is still on his road to redemption, Tim Paine our gentleman Test captain is leading the way by example.

M. Ross New Town