A Visit from Melbourne Water - 48 Hours after I had turned my back on my neighbour, I was working on my PC when there was a loud knock on the caravan wall. Had to be a visitor, practically nobody I know would knock.
Turned out to be a polite young fellow wearing Melbourne Water colours, who said that they'd received a complaint and were obliged to investigate same. Appears that someone had complained that I was carrying out roadworks which were having a detrimental effect on the Diamond Creek some hundreds of metres away. When I suggested that perhaps the complainant might be my neighbour as she is the only one in cooee who can (a) see my roadworks and (b) has the Diamond Creek running through her property. Not surprisingly, the Melbourne Water chap was unwilling to name any names.
I explained that essentially what I had been doing was replacing an old culvert which had been destroyed by the combined activities of Vic Roads, Vic Police & the Australian Army, post bushfire and offered to show him the photographs I had taken showing the damage and location. He was keen to see my pics and asked if he could have copies of two of them. I immediately emailed them to him and was pleased to have him say that he'd take a couple of photos of the new culvert and indicated that it would be very unlikely if I heard any further from Melbourne Water.
I went back to work.
