Recent content by creekholme

Thanks Burramys, I will PM you. Things are happening, not all good, so I'd like to continue this discussion privately.

The gabion wall - one of the 3 collapsing points.

Thanks Burramys, I've been doing all that. For some years now. Not getting too far though, at least not until I started going outside Council (eg Ombudsman, Info Commissioner, etc.). The problem is the State *licensed* the wall but did not build it. The landowner at the time built it...

Ah it's pretty messy already. The land holder has survey plan and does NOT include the creek. However State says the gabion wall was to protect land holder's land from erosion, and since the gabion was installed it is now considered by the State to be the creek bank. Interesting given it...

Thanks, we've done letters and tried to get cooperation through meetings, but so far no progress. I can't believe anyone could authorise this work and then walk away. Situation is now - land-owner has the 'right' but not the responsibility to fix it, Council also has the 'right' but not the...

Thanks, none of us have much money and even the $$ I've spent to date are not tax deductible. We're not looking for compensation, just to identify which govt body is responsible for enforcing the conditions so we know who to keep going back to. At the moment it's just a game of ping pong...

Gidday, back in 1977 the State Govt approved a gabion wall in the creek upstream of our place (we weren't here then) so as to stop erosion on a property. In 1997 Govt approved repairs to the gabion wall. Both approvals had conditions attached. In floods of January 2013 the gabion wall...