[Eric SmithMember]

State laws, yes, but interpretation is the key BC.

We have HUGE dramas at the moment in Wellington shire because if you have a farm with a house on it and want to subdivide in a rural area you are supposed to have 400 hectares – that’s 1000 acres… in each lot! Surrounding LEP’s are like this: Cabonne: 250 acres. Midwestern Regional (Mudgee): 250 acres. Dubbo: 2000 Acres, but you can do a thing called a Property Development Plan if you want to go smaller. Now, most of Wellington shire is similar to Cabonne and Mudgee in landform and land use. Dubbo starts to get broadacre so its a bit different. We have found a way, using a state environmental plannning policy, to get our rural subdivisions through, based on interpretation of the legislation. :blink:

I don’t approve in any way, the State overriding the Council’s but given the pathetic way most Council’s have worded their LEP’s (I can’t think of one that doesn’t have contradictions in it), I can understand how it has come about. Most of our problems in Wellington shire are because of piss poor wording in the writing of the LEP and development control plans associated with it. I pointed these problems out when the documents were first put up for review, but nothing was done and here we are, playing with ridiculous state planning policies to combat it. :angry:

Common sense should be legislated in to Council’s because it sure as hell isn’t Policy with them. Sadly, the State govt is NOT the organisation to do it.

My grand plans include doing away with state govt altogether and have the Council’s directly answering to Federal. Do away with the inefficient shiny-arsed seat warmers in State departments, give Council’s some real funding, which will flow on to them getting decent staff, which will lead to ratepayers and applicants actually getting some kind of result!

Vote 1 ECKS! :laugh:

On the topic at hand, I am still waiting for a reply. Keep ya posted!

[Eric SmithMember]

Quote:

Port Macquarie-Hastings (Area 13 Thrumster) Local Environmental Plan 2008

2.1 Land use zones

The land use zones under this Plan are as follows:
Residential Zones
R1 General Residential
R5 Large Lot Residential

Zone R5 Large Lot Residential

1 Objectives of zone

• To provide residential housing in a rural setting while preserving, and minimising impacts on, environmentally sensitive locations and scenic quality.

• To ensure that large residential allotments do not hinder the proper and orderly development of urban areas in the future.

• To ensure that development in the area does not unreasonably increase the demand for public services or public facilities.

• To minimise conflict between land uses within the zone and land uses within adjoining zones.

2 Permitted without consent

Home-based child care; Home occupations

3 Permitted with consent

Animal boarding or training establishments; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Caravan parks; Cemeteries; Child care centres; Community facilities; Dual occupancies (attached); Dwelling houses; Educational establishments; Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Exhibition homes; Extensive agriculture; Farm buildings; Group homes; Health services facilities; Home businesses; Home industries; Information and education facilities; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Roads; Veterinary hospitals; Water recreation structures

4 Prohibited

Any development not specified in item 2 or 3

Ok, so if we call the shed a farm building, then it does need consent.

If we call the track a recreation area, then it also needs consent. If we don’t call it a recreation area, technically speaking it is prohibited.

BUT

A DA fee should not run to $4000 for something so simple. I’ve got on to a mate over there, another surveyor, and have sent a quick (anonymous) email query to Council. Answer might have to wait till Monday.

NOTE: I’d also submit that the subdivision of 100 acres and the consent for another dwelling within this area is in conflict with the objectives, as it opens up opportunities for conflict between existing land uses (ie the bike track) and the new dwelling.

[Eric SmithMember]

Mick, what’s the Council? I’ll have a quick squiz at the LEP and see what I can see – might also help to have a few more details. Email me if you want. Happy to help out, and I have a bit of experience and expertise in the field. Bloody Councils need a rocket up them, bigtime!

[Eric SmithMember]

Roy, you and Blue and your mates are bloody mad! And you’ve seen where I ride!

Nice work though!

[Eric SmithMember]

Might be an IE8 issue – one of the many. Had to re-jig my entire work website because of that. :angry:

Ok, my problem, not an OBT one. Carry on folks!

[Eric SmithMember]

You’ve done it again, gone and picked the same weekend as the Country Surveyors Conference. Nice work. :ohmy:

At least this year I’ll be in Ballina! :woohoo:

I’ll think of you lot while listening to lectures on coastal development and the implications of global warming on the cadastre… Oh crap. :dry:

Have fun! :unsure:

[Eric SmithMember]

Bundyroy wrote:

Quote:

Thanks for your replies xy-transit and Dick Dastardly. My bike does have the adjustment screw but my understanding is that this just adjust the position of the lever in relation to the bars. I played with this at the time and it made no difference so I don’t think it was part of the issue.

Dick’s comment about the reservoir being overfull may be valid though. I remember thinking there was an awful lot of fluid in there. What I don’t understand is why it suddenly become a problem after 4000km. I had never had the reservoir lid off until that point.

Anyway bleeding the system seems to have fixed it. It all worked well on the weekend. Just hoping it is not something else that will cause it to come back over time.

Roy, clutch fluid is hydroscopic isn’t it? It is possible that somehow you have had water get into the system, even through the fluid absorbing moisture from the air? In theory there should be no contact between the clutch fluid and either the air or incoming water, but that is one way I can think of for the fluid level to increase over time. I don’t think clutch fluid expands as it ages so I can’t come up with any other logical explanation. :blink:

Sorry, not a lot of help here, but I believe that your mechanic mate has it right, there was no free play at the clutch side of the system. Just have no idea why!! :blush:

[Eric SmithMember]

Get into saxophone more … like I am at the moment! Damn I get so frustrated (injury has sidelined me from bikes for a while now) with no riding and the bike sitting in the shed. I get bloody depressed actually, without having a ride.

I half-considered selling the WR to get a V-Strom, but don’t have the heart to sell it for such a poor reason. If I get a V-Strom it has to be as-well-as not instead-of the WR!

On the good side, I am making lotsa great music! We’re on a mission from God… we’re getting the band back together!

(Okay, I know, it’s no substitute for riding, but what can you do???? Not gonna neck myself cause I can’t ride!)

[Eric SmithMember]

I had the same problem with my 07 DRZ when I fitted Force radiator guards. I just moved the horn to a location behind the headlight and it was sweet. Some DRZ’s must be different to others in terms of horn mounting I think – although why that would be is beyond me.

[Eric SmithMember]

Speed cameras… All the more reason to ride single track exclusively! I’m working on a route from my place to my office, then to various sites around the state.

It is revenue raising at its lowest I think, and TB is correct, doesn’t matter who the govt of the day is, this would still be implemented.

Solution: Get your kicks on places where there are no speed cameras, or better yet, where it is FUN to travel slow. I can think of a few places like that! On roads, drive like your grandmother.

[Eric SmithMember]

Bol: The ute is tops, but I keep getting flat tyres….

Thanks for the thought Dennis… did you know your name spelt backwards is “sinned” – coincidence? I think not! Oh, and yes, I have a face like a run-over garbage bin, thanks for noticing! :laugh:

Thanks TB, you may have had a thing or two on your mind as well!

[Eric SmithMember]

Nice effort on remodelling your knee TB, I’d give it the following rating:

Style 8/10
Artistic Flair 7/10
Pain level 7/10
Technique 6/10
Inconvenience 8/10
Total 36/50

Hope it doesn’t cause you too much trouble mate…

ECKS

[Eric SmithMember]

You suck Bol! :woohoo:

Cheers for the effort though mate! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Eric SmithMember]

Cheers you lot!

Yeah, 37 hard years take their toll! I figure its all just character, eh?! When you have a face like a run-over garbage bin before you start, there’s never much hope of improvement really!

Had a great weekend, got some good pressies and some kid-free time (yeehaa!) and all in all did’t feel any different to my previous few birthdays!

[Eric SmithMember]

Cheesus mate, perhaps a warning about graphic images for those younger and/or more sensitive old bulls!?

Still, amazing photos, bet the old bull was chuffed to go down swinging like that!

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