‘Keep off the grass’ might be a cliched exhortation but in Geelong it’s a case of ‘Can’t keep up with the grass’.
A combination of rising temperatures and soaked soil has the council’s mowing team struggling to match its workload.
Some sites were too boggy to access with council mowers, explained City Hall’s Vicki Shelton (pictured), while in other places the grass was growing back faster than it could be cut.
“We’re throwing all our resources at keeping the mowing on schedule,” Vicki said before warning of “heavy grass growth well-beyond Christmas”.
Sounds like Mother Nature’s winning the arm-wrestle in Geelong at least.
Newspaper columnists sometimes cop flak for bungling facts but at least here in Geelong they’ve devised a simple solution.
Rather than wade in with nuanced opinions or sharp observations on events and issues, they’re sticking to what they know best – themselves – as a round-up of this week’s contributions demonstrates.
Monday’s scribe: “I’ve never been very flexible.”
Tuesday’s: “I am the undisputed king of karaoke.”
Wednesday’s: “Sometimes I eat lunch at 11.30am, other times not until 2pm.”
And – get this – Thursday’s: “I need to be more positive.”
How interesting! How very insightful!
An awed Double Take would like to audition: “I play tuba in the nude.”
