tree protest ...

[OZY]

Did any others see our old friend chris ( Rooster ) our PSBer on ten and sevens news tonite ...

as he said to the cops while they led him away to the police van " don't arrest me guys , I'm the good guy hear "

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[Davey]

Nice gopro Rooster!

[Desmo]

Go Rooster!

[chief wiggum]

i saw that, but didnt realise it was rooster....i was kinda focussing more on the gopro and wondering why he had it on

he gets a mention in here too
Arrests as protesters chain themselves to trees | Perth Now

[Desmo]

It's Chris, he was hoping for something epic.

[OZY]

jim ........ I thought the croc hunters was dead ? , but then I realised it was chris wearing his shirt and shorts

oz

[Hornet]

at Roost in the back o' the wagon.

Was good work to get the coverage they did. Too bad they didn't save the trees.

[Mirkz]

On ya Chris, not many of us can say we've stood up against the masses to save something like you do.

[xphread]

+1 for your commitment Chris.

Whats the bet that the gopro contributed to the arrest?
Police seem to get nervous having potential evidence around.

[Rosco327]

I would say there would be more damage from 50+ years of traffic going past those houses.

[speed3]

Nice work rooster.

Those trees can become pretty dangerous when they get big though. Better solution would have been for the city to establish new areas for the cockatoos then gradually lop them.

Oh and the pic of the skinny bald cop in the background before they go to the onsite footage. You moonlighting on the other side of the law hornet?

[out_in_front]

Unfortunately those trees are an accident waiting to happen - pretty sure they are the type that can drop branches without warning - on a busy road you could easily expect that it would fall on a passing car. Let alone the road warping from the root growth.

You can bet that most of those protesters are not planting those trees in their own backyards though...

[resist]

Unfortunately those trees are an accident waiting to happen - pretty sure they are the type that can drop branches without warning

Nope.

- on a busy road you could easily expect that it would fall on a passing car. Let alone the road warping from the root growth.

Trees are 50 years old, find me one incident of a crash that's caused by them.

You can bet that most of those protesters are not planting those trees in their own backyards though...

Chris's entire backyard, and front yard, at both his houses, has these trees in it.

Anything else you want to add?

[Brougham]

And the two independent engineers reports found no real issues of road lifting from the trees

It's just the council pandering to a few loud complainers and removing trees that don't really need to, but will shut them up (until they find another minor matter to whinge about).

[Fastgirl]

Fkn hippies

[chew]

Black Cockatoos should live in the environment, not the city. Stoopid birds.

[Daise]

It's Chris, he was hoping for something epic.

Shoulda taken the pocket rocket for the distraction

[agrid]

And the two independent engineers reports found no real issues of road lifting from the trees

It's just the council pandering to a few loud complainers and removing trees that don't really need to, but will shut them up (until they find another minor matter to whinge about).

Geez people. Get your g-bangers out of your asscrack.

Get over yourselves. It's a [tree]. Everyone can have their own opinions and express them. Grow up and dry your eyes princesses.

Fixed



http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/s...3-2682,00.html

A GRIEF-stricken father has called for large branches overhanging Greenhill Rd to be lopped after the death of his daughter.

Mark Jolly's daughter Rebecca, 20, died in hospital yesterday.

A large branch fell on her car as she drove on Greenhill Rd, Hazelwood Park, on Saturday about 9.30pm.

It crushed the roof of her car and she lost control, crashing into a fence and parked cars on the opposite side of the road.

At the scene today, Mr Jolly said Bec's death was "an horrific accident".

"There's a real issue, a lot of these trees, they do tend to drop branches . . . if you have major branches, say over six inches (15cm) wide overhanging the road, they should be fixed," Mr Jolly said.

"I think Burnside Council has some responsibility to do that.

"I am angry but I want to find out a bit more about the exact details before . . . it's still too early.

"They're beautiful but they're dangerous, these trees."

It comes as the State Emergency Service warns of an increased risk of fallen trees following the extreme hot weather and the change to winds and rain.

Deputy Chief officer Matt Maywald said branches, particularly from large old gum trees, could drop without warning.

Burnside Council chief executive officer Neil Jacobs said the tree which dropped a branch onto Ms Jolly's car had also dropped a limb six months earlier.

"I understand some maintenance was performed, but I'm waiting for the officer who did the review to return from leave tomorrow,'' Mr Jacobs said.

"This tragedy will cause us to review our policies and and an arborist will be there tomorrow to reexamine the tree and determine whether it's suitable to continue there.''

Mr Jolly said Bec, who would have celebrated her 21st birthday in March, worked at Harris Scarfe and studying commerce at Adelaide University.

She moved out of home six weeks ago to share a flat in Parkside with her best friend.

"She travels up and down to our place (in the Adelaide Hills) by Greenhill Rd probably twice a week, she was on her way back from our place to hers, down to her flat," he said.

"She's gone."

[Fozzy]

The black cockatoos around these parts do a pretty good job of felling trees themselves. I watch a group of about 10-12 of them the other day strip a tree in my backyard bare. In the process dropping all the shit on my grass. BASTARDS.

[Uncle Flash]

I was going to give Rooster a bit of a serve here but fuck, I love Black Cockatoos.

They tell us when it's going to rain.