Yard Theft Prevention without a Fence (Due to Council)

anastasiastarz on 17/09/2020 - 08:58

So over the past year or so we've been having people wander into the garden - all around the house, not just from the mail box to door (no it's not the mail man, he's a drop and dash kinda guy) and take our stuff, plants, tools, etc. Just installing cameras today, though we have caught the people red handed and they don't give a damn, often they're walkers but the other day one aunty drove up and when spotted said she was here to collect, and had to have the plant taken from her. We can't have a fence/gate due to the property location and council. Any tips? There have been multiple offenders all aunties/uncles, ballsy they come to collect or take what they want even after been confronted, one said he'll send his people to collect the plants. Which he indeed did, as the plants he said he was interested in were snatched.

Has this happened to anyone else?

We do have a dog often in the yard, alas he's friendly and probably will be snatched too at some point. Have consulted a friend, she laughed and said this is why you live compound or have security on site. She says they'll just take the camera as well as plants next time… and she wasn't joking.

As Halloween is coming up we're going to have creative deco, skeletons hanging from the old oak with a noose, warning signs all that. Tips for waterproofing it very appreciated, as hardware stores are closed, and that stuff been flammable can't be posted it seems, also none within 5km.

TLDR; 1. Plant theft by aunty/uncle, council says no to having a fence/gates, what to do?
2. Tips on waterproofing Halloween deco to be used year round outdoors appreciated.

Home & Garden

Comments

  • whooah1979 on 17/09/2020 - 10:01
    +15

    TLDR; 1. Plant theft by aunty/uncle,

    You have 3 options.

    Option 1, Buy 100 cm pots and pour 3 bags of cement in the bottom. Then plant it.
    Option 2, Plant directly in the soil. Then pour four bags of cement on top of the soil to form an island as protection.
    Option 3, Don’t leave any valuables in the front yard.

    • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2020 - 11:54

      It's OP's property.

      Trespassers should be shot. Since our society is scared of civil liberties, I guess cricket bats and other true blue paraphernalia is also acceptable.

      OP's front lawn is sacred. He/she should be able to shave his/her groin whilst listening to high pitched hentai. I wouldn't like it but I will respect the boundaries.

        • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2020 - 13:10

          Yes. Now they want to take away the rights to build a fence.

          Pretty soon you'll be handing your hard earned over and thanking your muggers for the privilege.

        • bmerigan on 17/09/2020 - 22:09
          +6

          Also took away your right to murder random people so… Win some / lose some.

          • [Deactivated] on 17/09/2020 - 22:16
            +1

            @bmerigan: Hmm. They seem to have maintained that right within law enforcement.

            I wonder why.

      • Seraphin7 on 17/09/2020 - 14:39

        If I could get away with it, I'd have armed Marines stationed at my place 24/7.

        • GG57 on 17/09/2020 - 14:51

          Marines? Where from?

          • Seraphin7 on 17/09/2020 - 14:57

            @GG57: Royal Marines, US Marines … happy with either of those. Open to suggestions.

      • anastasiastarz on 17/09/2020 - 22:12
        +3

        Trespassers should be shot. LOL. Also a first thought, this is why we're hanging up skeletons from the big tree with a noose and warning sign. It's not threat, its called Halloween, and we're too lazy to take them down after. Also you can't see the full deco unless you're the mail man or trespassing.

        • pippohippo on 18/09/2020 - 13:24
          +2

          trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again.

      • 91rs on 17/09/2020 - 23:24
        +5

        +1 for them being shot.
        I've lived in places where this is a thing by the same groups (Aunties / Uncles), while trying to bring in shopping from the common area as i'd just unloaded my groceries from the lift, door open going back and forth brining bags in only to find an uncle looking through my shopping bags for something he needed.
        Seemed to genuinely think the bags were just left there for people to pick at.

        OP needs a paintball gun and hide out waiting for them, couple shots will warn people off.

        • anastasiastarz on 19/09/2020 - 04:58

          That's crazy! Esp that they didn't just grab and run. We know people and areas like that… Think we both need to move to a gated community.

      • This Guy on 18/09/2020 - 11:17

        Death for stealing a $25 plant!!!

        Speeding tickets start in the $100's, so we should torture those horrible people to death!!!

        /s

        • [Deactivated] on 18/09/2020 - 11:32

          Being shot at doesn't have to mean death. A .22LR unless used close range or with deadly aim is very unlikely to be fatal.

          Someone trespassing may not be trying to steal a plant. Someone sneaking up to burgle/rob you can look like someone trying to steal a potted plant.

          The homeowner has not done anything wrong, why should they have to take the risk that the trespasser is harmless?

          • This Guy on 18/09/2020 - 14:58
            +3

            @[Deactivated]: Where do you live that home invasions regularly end up deadly? Unless you are playing with the boys, almost no one ever get's killed by intruders. Most of the time it is a family member or friend. Are you going to shoot every family member or friend that enters your property to be safe?

            • [Deactivated] on 18/09/2020 - 15:28
              -1

              @This Guy:

              Are you going to shoot every family member or friend that enters your property to be safe?

              That's up to me.

              So, why does a homeowner need to accept trespass and take the risk that it may trespass with grevious intent?

              • This Guy on 18/09/2020 - 16:23
                +2

                @[Deactivated]:

                That's up to me.

                So you are going to run to your gun safe. Fumble around trying to unlock it for 30 seconds. Load your rifle. Run back outside and do and Oscar Pistorius because a loved one raised their voice and threatened your masculinity? A real threat would have stabbed you in the back while you hunched over your gun safe. You are never going to get the opportunity lo line up a rifle and take a shot in self defence.

                Gun storage laws are so harsh in Oz to slow down you so you don't kill someone in the heat of the moment.

                You also need to be careful with that attitude because in some states you can loose your guns for what you are writing.

                • [Deactivated] on 18/09/2020 - 17:09
                  -1

                  @This Guy:

                  You also need to be careful with that attitude because in some states you can loose your guns for what you are writing.

                  Lose my licensed for advocating for gun rights? They'll be up for a lot of litigation if they did.

                  So you are going to run to your gun safe. Fumble around trying to unlock it for 30 seconds. Load your rifle. Run back outside and do and Oscar Pistorius because a loved one raised their voice and threatened your masculinity? A real threat would have stabbed you in the back while you hunched over your gun safe. You are never going to get the opportunity lo line up a rifle and take a shot in self defence.

                  You will probably be right there but it's not an issue of pragmatism. It is an issue of right to self defence.

                  (If someone wants to keep their gun accessible, good for them. Criminals definitely have theirs on the ready, I don't see why we should have commit to a disadvantage.)

                  We've been indoctrinated to believe that the police will protect you. Needless to say, they can't be there all the time.

                  If someone seeks to take or cause you damage, I will advocate for your right to defend what's yours.

                  • This Guy on 18/09/2020 - 19:44
                    +2

                    @[Deactivated]: In 2019, there were 149 residential murders reported and 88 attempted residential murders in Australia.

                    So 37% of the time the current system works.

                    In 2018 (last year with this stat), only 2.3% of murder cases ended up with no charges. You are at least 20x more likely to survive if you don't decide to justifiably fight to the death (this number obviously includes murderers not being prosecuted for other reasons).

                    • [Deactivated] on 18/09/2020 - 20:51
                      -1

                      @This Guy: It is those it fails that is tragic. Even if it fails one person, it is horrible.

                      Unlike deaths from disease or collisions, the deaths of those who have been bound from defending themselves have the law that is complicit in their tragedy.

                      Stats will not protect you when you are at the threat of death. The ability to defend yourself will. Eugene Valenti knows this. Technically, he would have violated a number of laws. I'm glad the old man didn't obey the law, retrieved his gun and shot the invaders and defended his wife. Law enforcement may not have laid charges but the law itself prohibited the actions this man.

                      I know there are guns in the hands of criminals. I know they will use them against us, the law abiding. I just hope the law doesn't continue to tie our hands behind our backs.

                      • abuch47 on 18/09/2020 - 23:25
                        -2

                        @[Deactivated]: they will and should as greater good is reality.

                      • This Guy on 19/09/2020 - 13:11
                        +3

                        @[Deactivated]: Yeah, but no.

                        Baltimore has one of the worlds best hospitals, John Hopkins. It has 2.8 million people in it's metro area (according to wiki). It has more liberal gun laws than Australia, but it had 348 murders last year..

                        If firearm self defense was feasible, you would think that that Baltimore would have had less than 22 murders (close to tenth of our population so a tenth of our murders, right), especially with one of the world's best hospitals.

                        Going the other way, ignoring the difference in culture, you would be looking at ~3480 murders last year instead of the 225 (total, not just residential) murders we had in Australia last year.

                        Further, we had 38 gun murders last year nation wide compared to 309 in just this one city..

                        Compare the Lint Cafe's 2 to the Mandalay Bay Hotel's 60, or even Port Arthur's 35. As much as I wish it did not happen, I highly value living in a country were our mentally ill have to travel overseas to have that kind of affect (Christchurch's 51).

                        Back on topic, this is why I think it is incredibly irresponsible to allow citizens to protect low value property like pot plants with guns.

                        edit: With my current search history I am expecting a knock on the door. Thanks tshow.

                        • [Deactivated] on 19/09/2020 - 13:25

                          @This Guy:

                          edit: With my current search history I am expecting a knock on the door. Thanks tshow.

                          Gun and historical interest is not criminal. Intent to incite or aggravate violence is. Neither of us are doing that.

                          You seemed to have read homicide as murder. I didn't even have to click your link to know it because that seems to be a universal misunderstanding amongst anti gun proponents.

                          Anyway, I don't think we will see eye to eye on this. I wouldn't go so far as to try and get you to see the perspective of pro-civil liberty proponents. One step at a time - recognise the difference between homicide and murder and watch out for writers that conflate the two.

                          Your opinion is formed from years of muddling the two. Perhaps after reconsidering, you will still be anti-gun but at least make the judgement with accurate/unbiased information.

                          • Seraphin7 on 19/09/2020 - 14:01
                            +2

                            @[Deactivated]:

                            We've been indoctrinated to believe that the police will protect you.

                            When seconds matter, the police are only minutes away.

                            • mapax on 19/09/2020 - 14:07
                              +3

                              @Seraphin7: I used to live 3 minutes WALK from a police station. One of my neighbours needed the police for an emergency and it took them over 20 minutes to arrive.

                              • Seraphin7 on 19/09/2020 - 14:37

                                @mapax: I once had a situation at a sporting field where a bloke was literally threatening to kill another bloke. Police didn't either bother to rock up.

                          • This Guy on 19/09/2020 - 15:35
                            +2

                            @[Deactivated]: Straight up. You are right. I failed to dig deeper on the USA stat's to differentiate between murder and other homicides.

                            But you are clutching at straws. A homicide rate of ~10x ours, even if 80% were non murders, would still double our murder rate and destroy ~9x more Australian families. Even pot plant thief's have families.

                            amongst anti gun proponents.

                            Yeah, no.

                            I am pro gun ownership.

                            My opinion is formed by growing up in the shooting community.

                            We want our guns. We know long arms are mostly useless for self defence. Guns are a privilege. I have no interest loosing more rights by advocating for owners who don't respect the dangers of guns.

                            • [Deactivated] on 19/09/2020 - 15:55

                              @This Guy:

                              But you are clutching at straws.

                              Wait, you misinterpreted the data and I'm the one clutching at straws? @.@

                              Even pot plant thief's have families.

                              I can't think for the pot plant thief. If he wants to jump off a cliff, I can't stop him. If he wants to steal, I can't stop him. Even the most basic person knows that there are consequences to being a thief and the best way to avoid those consequence is not be a thief.

                              I don't really care about justified homicide. You know the best way to not get shot during criminal activity? Not be a criminal doing criminal activity.

                              My background is one where gun ownership is practically impossible for certain ethnicities. Anyone can get a license but it is never awarded to certain people so we live at the mercy of those who are armed.

                  • sarahlump on 19/09/2020 - 16:31
                    +2

                    @[Deactivated]: If you choose to 'defend' yourself by arming yourself to the teeth, as a society we will choose to remove you from our society. Move to the middle of nowhere or end up in a prison. You choose.

                    • [Deactivated] on 19/09/2020 - 16:37

                      @sarahlump: Typical.

                      Forcibly remove or imprison someone who doesn't agree with you.

                      Bloody horrible.

          • sarahlump on 19/09/2020 - 16:29
            +2

            @[Deactivated]: Anatomical knowledge of vital areas and ability to implement anatomical knowledge via a projectile from range is incredibly doubtful. Guns have a very very explicit purpose, injury isn't one of those purposes. Guns kill. That is it.

            • [Deactivated] on 19/09/2020 - 16:38

              @sarahlump: I didn't realise police were executioners. Maybe you'd like that so they can go around executing dissenters.

              • This Guy on 19/09/2020 - 18:14
                +2

                @[Deactivated]:

                I didn't realise police were executioners. Maybe you'd like that so they can go around executing dissenters.

                Or maybe they have guns because everybody used to have guns. When we removed most legal guns from society, they could start using tasers and other less lethal weapons.

                Wait, you misinterpreted the data and I'm the one clutching at straws? @.@

                Well it turns out I didn't. Casual definition is different to the technical one.

                "The UCR Program does not include the following situations in this offense classification: deaths caused by negligence, suicide, or accident; justifiable homicides; and attempts to murder or assaults to murder, which are classified as aggravated assaults."

                Homicide in the USA is what we call murder down under. We bundle negligent and non negligent manslaughter together in our stats.

                16,214 were murdered in the USA out of 327,167,434 citizens in 2018 for a rate of 5 people per 100,000

                219 were murdered and 29 were manslaughter in Australia out of 25,172,369 citizens for a rate of 0.9 people murdered per 100,000 and 0.1 people manslaughtered per 100,000.

                So if we adopted the US's system completely, we would have ~5x more murders and non justifiable homicides or 1248 murders in 2018.

                So you want an extra 1000 people to be murdered each year so you can be the big man killing pot plant thief's? :p

                • [Deactivated] on 19/09/2020 - 18:27
                  -1

                  @This Guy: Police have guns because it is a deterrent and because it is the most versatile for stopping power. Tasers do not stop a man driving a truck down a boulevard.

                  Guns may be used as an equalizer but it does more than that. As a gun owner, I thought that would be readily apparent to you.

                  You cherry pick the US for murder rates but why not compare against Austria? They too have the right to bear arms. Their murder rate per capita is lower than ours.

                  I have had this debate on gun control and murder rates. The most compelling similarities in countries with high murder rates has more to do with ethnicity than gun licensing. Having said that, there are many reasons why the data looks that way but it goes to show, we shouldn't pick and compare data blindly.

                  Also, just because I advocate greater access to arms and rights to self defence, I do not advocate for everyone to have a gun. There is a difference between advocating and promoting.

                  • sarahlump on 19/09/2020 - 19:26

                    @[Deactivated]: Erm, in australia by way of policy police use guns for any threat. It's the go to, it's part of their training. You can not stop a truck with a gun.

                    Darling, I grew up in America, I've lost people to gun violence, and I've seen people turn guns on others. It's hell. People in countries who have high gun violence live in an underlying state of constant trauma.

                    Perhaps you should emmigrate away from a state that's so anti gun. maybe syrria, or bosnia would be more your style.

                    "I didn't realise police were executioners. Maybe you'd like that so they can go around executing dissenters."

                    police are absolutely executioners. They go around killing minorities and mentally ill people and disabled people. (if you don't like it you're welcome to say they don't but numbers say they do.)

                  • This Guy on 19/09/2020 - 19:35
                    +2

                    @[Deactivated]:

                    Police have guns because it is a deterrent and because it is the most versatile for stopping power. Tasers do not stop a man driving a truck down a boulevard.

                    Yes. Police have both weapons because there are still deadly threats which will justify them caring them. Nothing to argue about here.

                    Guns may be used as an equalizer but it does more than that. As a gun owner, I thought that would be readily apparent to you.

                    Gun's are definitely not an equalizer. They are a weapon of opportunity. They are a force multiplier. They really are a cowards weapon. But their use is justified in hunting or culling as they improve efficiency and in security (like police or armed guards) as the criminal they encounter might have one.

                    Also, never said I was an owner, just raised with them.

                    You cherry pick the US for murder rates but why not compare against Austria? Their murder rate per capita is lower than ours.

                    Austria only has slightly looser gun laws than Australia. You can secure loaded, but guns still need to be secured. Home defence is a valid reason because they have compulsory service and are boarded by countries that have undergone recent civil wars. You can get semi auto and higher powered pistols than we can, but again, compulsory service and neighboring countries factor into this.

                    The most compelling similarities in countries with high murder rates has more to do with ethnicity than gun licensing.

                    Gross. You are better than lazy racism.

                    Also, just because I advocate greater access to arms and rights to self defence, I do not advocate for everyone to have a gun. There is a difference between advocating and promoting.

                    The only real point we differ on is using guns for self defence, as unless you are on an isolated property they are almost impossible to use defensively without intensive training.

                    People who want a gun for self defence don't understand how guns work or even how to use a gun.

                    Always treat a gun as loaded.
                    Always know what's in front and behind your target.
                    Do not point your gun at any target you do not want to kill.
                    Do not put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

                    Pointing a gun at a pot plant thief is a cowards way of trying to kill them. At least with a bat or a knife they have some chance of getting away (unless you are stupid enough to confront someone while holding a gun, in that case enjoy the afterlife.)

                    • [Deactivated] on 19/09/2020 - 19:42

                      @This Guy:

                      there are still deadly threats which will justify them caring them

                      I'm glad that police can have guns to keep them safe.

                      Gun's are definitely not an equalizer. They are a weapon of opportunity. They really are a cowards weapon.

                      I hope you do not lead us in wartime.

                      Austria…

                      Don't worry, I only brought Austria up to point out that you don't have to keep referencing the US and I hope you realise, just like with Austria, there are many other factors involved. The US is not Australia + gun rights.

                      Gross. You are better than lazy racism.

                      Uh… I pointed out data and I even said I disagreed with it being used in its raw form which would have a very racist overtone. You are better than lazy lack of comprehension.

                      People who want a gun for self defence don't understand how guns work or even how to use a gun.

                      I would agree that most people do not. I would like to see people educated on gun safety and function rather than being taught that "guns are only for killing". It leads to people thinking "police are executioners".

                      Pointing a gun at a pot plant thief is a cowards way of trying to kill them.

                      But how else are you going to identify a trespasser as a pot plant thief. Everyone knows that when you point the gun at someone, their name, function and threat level is displayed on top of the screen.

                      • This Guy on 19/09/2020 - 19:56
                        +1

                        @[Deactivated]:

                        I would agree that most people do not. I would like to see people educated on gun safety and function rather than being taught that "guns are only for killing".

                        Guns are only for killing. Your are moron if you use one to open you beers. That's what teeth are for. /s

                        It leads to people thinking "police are executioners".

                        More like police behavour, youthful stupidity and systematic racism.

                        But how else are you going to identify a trespasser as a pot plant thief. Everyone knows that when you point the gun at someone, their name, function and threat level is displayed on top of the screen.

                        Open that third ABS excel spread sheet. The odds of being murdered by a stranger are around one in a million. Invite them in for a cup of tea so you can get those odds closer to one in one hundred thousand. Then they can shoot you with the gun your bought for self defence! Everything is coming up tshow!!!!

                        I hope you do not lead us in wartime.

                        I don't think you will see me running for office, but if we jumped to guns every time a neighbour slighted us we would all be dead from war by now.

                        • [Deactivated] on 19/09/2020 - 20:04

                          @This Guy:

                          I don't think you will see me running for office, but if we jumped to guns every time a neighbour slighted us we would all be dead from war by now.

                          Or there will be no more shifty neighbours… could mean either behavioural change or population number change.

                          • This Guy on 19/09/2020 - 20:08
                            +1

                            @[Deactivated]: Now who is being lazy with context. :p

                            I think most countries in south east Asia outnumber us significantly.

      • sarahlump on 19/09/2020 - 16:27

        Most states have laws stating that publicly displaying your genitals or anus is unacceptable. Please shave indoors.

  • brad1-8tsi on 17/09/2020 - 10:09
    +11

    Glitter bombs

  • skinner on 17/09/2020 - 10:12
    +8

    I'm interested to know why you're not allowed a fence, what's the layout of the front?

    I know some places will have restrictions on what you're supposed to put up (max height, not solid etc) but that's usually due to covenants, I've never heard of someone not being able to have a fence at all.

    • anastasiastarz on 17/09/2020 - 22:13
      +1

      We've got a mini side fence that does nothing, but they said due to been on the corner people need to see the other side for turning. As often there's lots of cars parked around.

      • Dancasper on 17/09/2020 - 22:31
        +10

        Council cannot stop you implementing a fence but the planning controls may limit the height of the fence on front boundaries.

        The splayed corners are either due to the shape of your lot (ie it is actually splayed) or there is a triangular right of way on the corner.

        If you were told by Council over the phone, they were bull$hitting you.

        • [Deactivated] on 18/09/2020 - 10:20
          +10

          Yeah council was taking the easy way out, its all they will ever do.

          Get some quotes from fence contractors, they generally know the rules very well as to where fences can and cant go and heights etc etc

      • sarahlump on 19/09/2020 - 16:31

        Have you considered an electric wire fence like they use for livestock?

        • Marty131 on 21/09/2020 - 07:33
          +1

          Or even a standard wire / mesh fence? It would not block visibility for drivers.

  • mbck on 17/09/2020 - 10:15
    +1

    Camera with auto alarm? The loud noise should trigger them to run away…

  • elgrande on 17/09/2020 - 10:27
    +9

    If your aunt or uncle is stealing from you, speak to your mum/dad and they can have a chat to their sibling..

      • elgrande on 17/09/2020 - 15:12
        +21

        Just because some people use a word for a particular purpose does not make it a definition…

      • Skinnerr on 18/09/2020 - 21:05
        +8

        It's not everyone else's job to learn OPs vernacular, despite you banging your gong. Fact is it's not common slang here, accept it.

  • No Username on 17/09/2020 - 10:28

    Make some tear gas or thermite and put it under the plant. Then use a pressure pad to trigger the striker.

    • toristo on 17/09/2020 - 12:38

      or?

      Why not both? People need to stop half doing things…

    • Skinnerr on 18/09/2020 - 21:07

      I know this is a joke but for anyone not aware it is illegal to set booby traps on your PPOR.

      • Seraphin7 on 19/09/2020 - 14:02
        +3

        Legality on holiday homes?

        • Skinnerr on 19/09/2020 - 22:00
          +1

          See me after class, smartass

  • AndyC1 on 17/09/2020 - 10:28
    +3

    Plant a hedge of prickly pear or some other cactus.

  • brendanm on 17/09/2020 - 10:29
    +3

    Why can't you have a fence? I'd be putting one up anyway.

    • pegaxs on 17/09/2020 - 10:45

      Parents live in an area where there are no front fences and no back fences. I can walk from one end of the estate to the other through peoples back yards, as none of them are fenced. If it was a gated community, I could understand, but it isn't, it's just a regular residential street.

      • brendanm on 17/09/2020 - 11:12
        +1

        Are they not allowed to have one? Seems bizarre.

      • WreckTangle on 17/09/2020 - 21:05

        A Radburn scheme area like Crestwood in WA?

        https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/11981…

        • pegaxs on 17/09/2020 - 21:13
          +3

          No, those houses have fences. I literally mean, in the whole street, from one end to the other, there are no front, side or rear fences. I can stand in their back yard and look from one end of the the street to the other across/through peoples back yards.

          I am not going to paste a link to it, for obvious reasons, and I'm not really on talking terms with the parents, so I dont think there will be much of a photo opportunity to show you what I mean. It's just one of the council covenants for the area, that there is to be no fences at all.

          The blocks are all like large 1 acre-ish blocks and it backs onto a reserve type area. They get kangaroos from time to time come right up to the house, so they got that going for them, which is nice…

          • coin saver on 18/09/2020 - 15:09
            +1

            @pegaxs: I live near an area like that . The people living there think they are snobs and living the country life with views when really they are just sharing the view of each others yards no privacy at all.The only fences allowed are ringlock or just plain wire.

            • pegaxs on 18/09/2020 - 16:12
              +1

              @coin saver: Yep, same principle. I call it Boomer Ave here. It’s nothing but landlords row populated with over 65’s all trying to put each other to shame. Their only basic past time is to sue each other over petty squabbles related to their properties.

              And I think there are some wire fenced off areas so some people can keep dogs, but they are more like chicken runs than actual fences.

              • coin saver on 18/09/2020 - 18:59

                @pegaxs: Very similar although most of these property owners are in their mid 30's they also think they are better than the people living on the plains 1-2km away as they live in the foothills at an elavation about 5mtrs higher than them.

        • chriskq on 18/09/2020 - 16:51

          Thats pretty interesting… always envied the kid in primary school whos backyard joined an open reserve - this is basically that concept a bigger backyard for everyone.

  • mbck on 17/09/2020 - 10:42
    +6

    Put a sign up that says

    Karen and Chad lives here. Enter at your own risk

    Or actually.

    Coronavirus positive. Keep away

    • pippohippo on 18/09/2020 - 13:26

      quarantined area perimeter tape, nice…

    • Skinnerr on 18/09/2020 - 21:09

      The derros where I live don't wear masks, dont give a shit. Saw one turd with his hand covering his face, lol.

      • mbck on 18/09/2020 - 21:10

        Learnt a new word today.

        Saw a guy at footscray took his mask off, turned his head to the side, COUGHED, then put his mask back on….

    • BeamMeUp on 20/09/2020 - 08:23

      Hire a Melb private security guard to stand there…..

      • ssquid on 20/09/2020 - 22:28

        The idea is to pretend, not actually get infected.

  • Quantumcat on 17/09/2020 - 10:47

    Plant a hedge or install a motion activated sprinkler system

  • tsunamisurfer on 17/09/2020 - 10:52
    +3

    OP you need to move out of Mount Druitt.

    • payton on 17/09/2020 - 13:13
      +3

      OP is in the third world socialist state of Victoria
      Also known as Little Wuhan, Australia

      payton on 17/09/2020 - 13:13 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
      • psdillon on 17/09/2020 - 13:46
        +4

        Leave…. Dan… Andrews… Alone… waaaah

        • diddy50 on 17/09/2020 - 21:55
          -4

          istandwithDan NOT

      • Deals For Days on 17/09/2020 - 22:32
        +7

        What do you suppose the government should do in Victoria? Let Covid19 go free and end up with thousands of people dying like in the US?

        • payton on 17/09/2020 - 22:34
          +3

          It was already a cesspit of socialism before covid.

          An authorised officer put in charge of hotel quarantine operations at Melbourne hotels says he completed diversity training, but was given no formal instructions on how to use personal protective equipment.

          https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/three-steps-to-…

          An inner Melbourne local council has broken rank and come out in support of changing the date of Australia Day away from January 26
          "Yarra council area covers suburbs that elected the only lower house Greens MP at the Federal Election. The council is is made up of four Greens, two Labor, two independents, and the Socialist Alliance. "

          The vote was unanimous. Here are the changes:

          Replace the Australia Day citizenship ceremony with an event "marking the loss of Indigenous culture".

          Drop all reference to Australia day and instead refer to "January 26".
Lobby the Federal Government to change the date of Australia Day.
Officially support the #changethedate campaign

          The changes are even more extensive than Fremantle council's decision to move official Australia Day 2017 celebrations to January 28.

        • 91rs on 17/09/2020 - 23:35
          +2

          They should for sure keep everyone locked in their houses with a police enforced curfew and range of fines that have made something like $14 million dollars since July, but ensure businesses are forced to be closed and just keep running the state into the ground while pretending to give them some freedom in a "stage 4-lite", which is the same as stage 4 really with another hour at the end of the day off curfew as DST is coming but retail and everything else must remain closed until at least end of October for no other reason that being drunk on the power and having no idea what else to do while ignoring that 89% of the deaths have been in aged care homes that lets face it you're never getting out of alive if you go in to one as a resident.
          :p

          • payton on 18/09/2020 - 00:11
            +1

            @91rs: given how thuggish and violent Vic Police have become, their mere presence should send people running inside the house! :p

            snatching a phone from elderly women
            ramming a mentally ill person with a police vehicle, stomping the victim's head while he was down

            • abuch47 on 18/09/2020 - 09:59
              +5

              @payton: the conclusions you've drawn are so far apart from any logical train of thought, id recommend therapy.

              • payton on 18/09/2020 - 10:20
                +1

                @abuch47: Id recommend for you to stand in front of a mirror and repeat your words.

                • GG57 on 18/09/2020 - 10:33
                  +1

                  @payton: Something, somewhere in your past, has really affected your apparent reasoning. Why do you have such an issue with Victoria?
                  Do you have similar issues with other states?

                  • abuch47 on 18/09/2020 - 10:39
                    +3

                    @GG57: sky "news" et al opinion hour

                    • Deals For Days on 18/09/2020 - 13:01

                      @abuch47: Payton = your brain on Murdoch media

                      • payton on 18/09/2020 - 22:13
                        +1

                        @Deals For Days: you = when a simpleton still hasn't grown out of the black & white fairytale world they're taught at school.

                    • payton on 18/09/2020 - 22:27
                      +1

                      @abuch47: here we have a case where a hard-left gronk is presented with arguments (from the infallible zero bias ABC), but still can't come up with any substantive response and just went swinging with personal attacks, lol.

      • smartazz104 on 21/09/2020 - 15:06

        It's a sad day when someone from QLD to make fun of your state.

  • wog_ta on 17/09/2020 - 11:37
    +7

    Start a YouTube channel recording people stealing your stuff, allows you to publicly shame the offenders and maybe make some add revenue. I would also use this as an opportunity to play some pranks on thieves, maybe tie things down with fishing line or hose them down?

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