Live honour for engineer

CHRIS CALCINO

“I think that’s a tough policy. I think it’s nice to respect people beforehand, so that they know that too.”

Cr Manning remembered Mr Haussmann setting off with dictaphone, camera and raincoat whenever rain pelted down, disappearing for the day to photograph flows of water.

“Every big downpour I remember Graeme doing that, and thinking this guy is really hands-on,” he said.

Mr Haussmann, 89, received a round of applause after he addressed the council.

“It is indeed a great honour to be remembered so long since I was a servant of the council,” he said. “I was responsible for giving memory to my predecessor, Mr Frank Morris, who was the city engineer from 1935 to 1960.

“I was able to have bestowed on the city Lake Morris.

“To have this before I pass on is an honour to myself and my family.”

Former Cairns City Council mayor Ron Davis was by his old friend and colleague’s side at the council meeting.