END OF THE ROAD

TOWNSVILLE customers will have a more personalised connection experience with the launch of the “NBN Local” team this week.

The team will focus on smoothing Townsville residents’ transition to NBN and explaining their choices when switching.

The Townsville NBN Local team will be led by Ryan Williams, who will work alongside network engineers and deployment specialists to help identify and resolve issues.

“By having a greater presence in Townsville, we’ll be able to work more collaboratively with the community,” Mr Williams said.

“With the rollout almost complete in Townsville, it is more important than ever we POLICE are putting an end to an illegal car graveyard at salt flats near the Bohle River.

Officers from Deeragun Police Station unveiled the graveyard of wheels and steel in remote privately owned bushland, following a tip- off.

Police were able to inspect 21 vehicles last week, successfully identifying 11 – three of which had been reported stolen. Deeragun Police Station officer- in- charge Senior Sergeant Brett Humphreys said most of the vehicles appeared continue to educate local communities on the status of the rollout, what they need to do to connect as well as how to resolve any issues.”

The NBN access network rollout is 86 per cent complete within the Townsville City area with more than 75,500 residents and businesses able to connect through their internet provider. to have been abandoned and police were looking to contact former registered owners who could face prosecution.

“There’s three companies that own land in there so we are very keen to get those vehicles off that land for them,” Sen- Sgt Humphreys said.

“It is illegal to dump trash on private property … it is illegal to be there as well; it’s trespass.”

Sen- Sgt Humphreys said police had begun conducting regular motorcycle patrols in the area where household rubbish had also been dumped. CLOSING IN: Police inspect wrecks in the illegal car graveyard near the Bohle River.

Police are aware of more than a dozen other vehicles in the area.

Sen- Sgt Humphreys said the land was frequently boggy and dangerous.

Many of the inspected vehicles have been damaged by fire however, Sen- Sgt Humphreys said it was unclear whether or not the cars were specifically burnt out or casualties of bushfires in the area.

One of the three stolen vehicles was reported to police in 2014 while officers had discovered three other stolen cars in a less dense area of the bush a month ago that had only been missing for a couple of days.

Fire damage, combined with the impact of being surrounded by salt water has left little evidence for police.

“I have reviewed the three that we’ve found that are considerably older than the ones we found last month and unfortunately we certainly didn’t locate any further evidence that would point in the direction of who was responsible,” Sen- Sgt Humphreys said.

He said the land owners were considering implementing CCTV.