Retiree in wire straits
Mr Sleeman said he even startled a man tending to a crop of cannabis plants on the property. The man quickly left on motorbike after police were called. The plants were destroyed.
Mr Sleeman said the 4WDs caught on the property did not have registration plates.
“Not a fornight goes by that a fence isn’t willfully dam- aged. Over Easter they cut the fence (on Currumbin Creek Road) and I came back at night and spent my time getting cows (away) from the road. The only thing stopping the five cows from getting on to the road was the guard rail.”
Councillor Gail O’Neil said there had been an incident in Tugun regarding motorbike riders trespassing on private property and noted there wasn’t an area close by for motorbike riders.
Police confirmed Mr Sleeman had made a wilful damage complaint regarding a cut lock and fence damage.
“Police are conducting extra patrols around the area and are working with the resident in an effort to identify the offenders responsible,” Coolanagatta Officer in Charge Meg McArthur said.
Mr Sleeman said the next step would be to install infrared cameras, lay huge timber trees along the fenceline and electrify the fence.
He said he had granted permission to people who asked to use the property for motorbike riding or bushwalking, but could be forced to refuse entry to everyone.
“I’d just like people to treat the property with respect.” THE nation’s peak nutrition body is calling for an overhaul of university campus food.
A new study highlights the high levels of junk snacks students buy from vending machines.
At just one uni, more than 29,000 high-kilojoule snacks were bought from vending machines in a nine-month period, compared to 1570 healthy options.
The research, published in the Dietitians Association of Australia’s journal Nutrition & Dietetics, found 95 per cent of snacks and 49 per cent of drinks were laden with kilojoules.