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NEW PLANNING GUIDELINES TO SHAPE OUR FUTURE SUBURBS

From the Minister for Planning

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Prepared by the Growth Areas Authority (GAA) in consultation with local councils, developers and agencies, it’s hoped the new guidelines will provide:
• A structure for all new suburbs to enable walking distance to a local centres, transport and jobs;
• Creation of one new job for every new household (by creating business close to home), with a wider range of jobs nearby;
• Development of a sense of place and community to attract a broad range of residents and employers;
• Increased housing density with an average of 15 houses per developable hectare;
• Broader housing choice, from large family homes to one-person units and home- offices; and
• Sustainable living, with a new efficiency check to test developers’ plans against key performance measures relating to cost, land, and water use.


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Comment:
Is this the way of the future?

The new PSP Guidelines are available at www.gaa.vic.gov.au

Snake in Coldstream

A COLDSTREAM woman turned the tables on a snake that bit her while mowing the lawn this morning - using the mower to take revenge.

“(She) spotted the snake and has sought revenge running it over with the mower.”


Wildlife Victoria vice-president Manfred Zabinskas, who is also a licensed snake catcher, said snakes were a protected species. “It’s not appropriate to take matter into your own hands and kill the snake,” Mr Zabinskas said.


Was the woman right to take on the snake?
Click on the title to make a comment in the Leader Newspaper

Historic Event

The pictures above show (I believe) the first official Dual Occ project in Coldstream since the estate was established some 30 years ago.

September Stats

Averages\Extremes for the

month of September 2009

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Average temperature = 11.5°C

Average humidity = 67%

Average dewpoint = 4.9°C

Average barometer = 1012.2 hPa

Average windspeed = 3.7 km/h

Average gustspeed = 3.8 km/h

Average direction = 346° (NNW)

Rainfall for month = 122.0 mm

Rainfall for year = 442.1 mm

Maximum rain per minute = 7.6 mm on day 26 at time 19:34

Maximum temperature = 26.6°C on day 12 at time 15:15

Minimum temperature = -0.1°C on day 14 at time 05:34

Maximum humidity = 87% on day 04 at time 03:43

Minimum humidity = 18% on day 12 at time 00:13

Maximum pressure = 1054.8 hPa on day 14 at time 04:05

Minimum pressure = 993.2 hPa on day 22 at time 01:46

Maximum windspeed = 94.3 kmh from 00°( N ) on day 30 at time 15:17

Maximum gust speed = 94.3 km/h from 338°(NNW) on day 30 at time 15:16

Maximum heat index = 26.1°C on day 29 at time 13:28

Avg daily max temp :17.7°C

Avg daily min temp :6.8°C

Max Fire Weather Index : 19 Day 30 (Moderate)

Total windrun = 2560.4km

Frost days= 1

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Daily rain totals

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01.0 mm on day 3

02.0 mm on day 4

00.5 mm on day 5

00.5 mm on day 6

03.6 mm on day 7

19.7 mm on day 8

02.1 mm on day 9

00.5 mm on day 10

00.5 mm on day 11

01.6 mm on day 13

12.9 mm on day 17

03.1 mm on day 19

10.4 mm on day 21

01.0 mm on day 22

05.2 mm on day 24

21.2 mm on day 25

07.6 mm on day 26

26.0 mm on day 27

02.0 mm on day 28

00.5 mm on day 30

Regards,

Robert Bethell.