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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 126726" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Do you have a battery-powered hair dryer? You could use this to sculpt a bin-holding area. Or if it's way beyond hair dryer capability, what about a chain saw? You never know, you could end up with an alternative carer of ice sculptor.</p><p></p><p>Our garbage collection is paid for by our local council rates. They supply the bins but we have to pay for replacements. The bigger bins are supposed to be better at keeping dogs out of the rubbish. But while everywhere else has only the dog problem, we have a DEER problem. These critturs were released here 150 years ago (Rusa red deer from Java) so the early gentry of the colony could 'ride to hounds'. The idiots also released foxes and rabbits. While the last two have spread around the country, the deer are mostly in our part of Sydney, and south in the bushland along the coastline.</p><p></p><p>And the beggars get into our rubbish. The council were telling us it was people's dogs that were the problem, but we kept saying, "Dogs wouldn't knock over the bins to eat the vegetable scraps and leave the packet of rancid hamburger." They just didn't believe that the problem was that bad. And unless you live here, you don't see it. If we have visitors staying with us overnight, we can just about guarantee them seeing a large herd of deer roaming the village streets. Even right into the heart of the village, outside the shops.</p><p></p><p>So for years more, it continued. Every flippin' night, we'd hear CRASH! and the bins would be over, contents spread everywhere and as we dashed out to fix it up, we'd hear the clatter of hooves as thirty or more head of deer run down the road, like a gang of teenage vandals after they've shoved a lit pipe bomb in the letterbox.</p><p>And they're smart, and work in teams. Several will bang their antlers against a bin - whump, whump, whump - until it goes over. Then they will all rip into the bins, drag out bags and nose around to find the vegetable scraps.</p><p></p><p>The garbo pick up is supposed to be before sunrise, often 5 am. Then the council finally agreed - the garbos would come round after 7 am. We could keep our bins locked behind fences or tied down with ocky straps until we left for work, then put the bins out. The deer only come into the town after dark; during the day they 'go bush'.</p><p></p><p>Works fine. Except for Christmas Day and New Year - the garbs came round at 4 am. We DID get a note about it - it arrived several days AFTER Christmas. And no note abut New Year, so at the time of the year when we have most garbage, we got a useless service. And the deer got lucky.</p><p></p><p>Venison, anyone? Or barbecued councillor?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 126726, member: 1991"] Do you have a battery-powered hair dryer? You could use this to sculpt a bin-holding area. Or if it's way beyond hair dryer capability, what about a chain saw? You never know, you could end up with an alternative carer of ice sculptor. Our garbage collection is paid for by our local council rates. They supply the bins but we have to pay for replacements. The bigger bins are supposed to be better at keeping dogs out of the rubbish. But while everywhere else has only the dog problem, we have a DEER problem. These critturs were released here 150 years ago (Rusa red deer from Java) so the early gentry of the colony could 'ride to hounds'. The idiots also released foxes and rabbits. While the last two have spread around the country, the deer are mostly in our part of Sydney, and south in the bushland along the coastline. And the beggars get into our rubbish. The council were telling us it was people's dogs that were the problem, but we kept saying, "Dogs wouldn't knock over the bins to eat the vegetable scraps and leave the packet of rancid hamburger." They just didn't believe that the problem was that bad. And unless you live here, you don't see it. If we have visitors staying with us overnight, we can just about guarantee them seeing a large herd of deer roaming the village streets. Even right into the heart of the village, outside the shops. So for years more, it continued. Every flippin' night, we'd hear CRASH! and the bins would be over, contents spread everywhere and as we dashed out to fix it up, we'd hear the clatter of hooves as thirty or more head of deer run down the road, like a gang of teenage vandals after they've shoved a lit pipe bomb in the letterbox. And they're smart, and work in teams. Several will bang their antlers against a bin - whump, whump, whump - until it goes over. Then they will all rip into the bins, drag out bags and nose around to find the vegetable scraps. The garbo pick up is supposed to be before sunrise, often 5 am. Then the council finally agreed - the garbos would come round after 7 am. We could keep our bins locked behind fences or tied down with ocky straps until we left for work, then put the bins out. The deer only come into the town after dark; during the day they 'go bush'. Works fine. Except for Christmas Day and New Year - the garbs came round at 4 am. We DID get a note about it - it arrived several days AFTER Christmas. And no note abut New Year, so at the time of the year when we have most garbage, we got a useless service. And the deer got lucky. Venison, anyone? Or barbecued councillor? Marg [/QUOTE]
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