The Maitland Watch

03/11/2021

Welcome to the Maitland Waterworld tourist attraction proudly brought to you by a patronising council. But was it by design or just another mishap of willful blindness. Lampooning aside we are grateful to the reader who emailed this dramatic photograph of flooding has it happened outside the post-office during Thursday's hailstorm. Hail-storm flooding, Robert St in front of Post Office…...

Welcome to the Maitland Waterworld tourist attraction proudly brought to you by a patronising council. But was it by design or just another mishap of willful blindness. Lampooning aside we are grat…

26/10/2021

On the 17/09/21 the following photo was taken of the carriageway in front of the ANZ bank where B-Doubles and Road-Trains turn onto the Ardrossan Road enroute to the cereal shipping facility. The surface damage is a result of the high volume of heavy vehicles using the "Street" and made worse by the slewing action of their tri-axle trailer bogeys. Therefore Resurfacing of this Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) highway is imminent....

On the 17/09/21 the following photo was taken of the carriageway in front of the ANZ bank where B-Doubles and Road-Trains turn onto the Ardrossan Road enroute to the cereal shipping facility. The s…

13/10/2021

Exploration of the foregoing Plane tree fiasco, revealed at least three fundamental and unacceptable deficiencies with the town streetscapes and infrastructure: The footpaths are unsafe by today's standards The stormwater drainage system is outdated and inadequate There are insufficient public parking facilities The following articles look into the relative standard of public access and walkability around the town, in respect to compliance with…...

Exploration of the foregoing Plane tree fiasco, revealed at least three fundamental and unacceptable deficiencies with the town streetscapes and infrastructure: The footpaths are unsafe by today& #8…

01/10/2021

Maybe something will get done about this?
A very strong rumour is there will be a presentation to be held by council at the Information centre, but will be by invitation only (secret ?) . Psssst! W'ere not suppose to know.
Apparently this will be followed by an online survey if you find out when it is, (if you are able to go online?) in a Country Times announcement.
Subject to the result of the survey there may be a PUBLIC meeting in December, (Dec next year from past performance ) to advise the rest of us plebs of what they have decided to do for US, WE the people, the residents, the rate payers; oh the ones who pay their wages?
We can be certain that the proposal will have been prepared by "Dial a Plan" at significant expense from OUR coffers, whilst some highly paid council officer will take comfort from having organised it, Because, surprisingly we don't employ anyone with the appropriate "skill set".
As can be seen it is the usual exercise in transparency designed to fail!
If you are dissatisfied with this exclusion from preliminary input to the proposal then email, phone or otherwise contact your local councillor or one of the members of the town progress association.
Councillors : https://yorke.sa.gov.au/.../elec.../current-elected-members/
Maitland Information centre : https://maitlandsa.com/new/contact-us/
Maitland Matters : https://maitlandsa.com/new/maitland-matters-newsletter/
Its up to you to let them know!

An indication of the Trees relative to the Water Mains on Robert Street The main page of this website addresses the ongoing problems created by the Plane trees planted down each side of the townshi…

28/09/2021

An indication of the Trees relative to the Water Mains on Robert Street The main page of this website addresses the ongoing problems created by the Plane trees planted down each side of the townshi…

22/08/2021

A simplistic view of what council could be if it really worked for the residents, managed by the residents.

Having explored the history and form of a council let us consider for a moment what the intent was. Clearly our forefathers concluded that forming a local council would be a way in which the commun…

21/08/2021

An examination of the formal view of the Powers and Functions of a Council.

One definition of a council is — a body of people elected to manage the affairs of a city, county, or other municipal district. Powers and functions A councils’ chief responsibility in the fi…

21/08/2021

An exploration of the towns population spectrum as recorded in the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2016

Data Taken from Australian Bureau of Statistics Age [years] Maitland (SA) South Australia Australia Median5040380-1417.917.518.715-50 31.144.747.550-6521.319.618.3over 6529.618.215,8Age Groupings T…

21/08/2021

Some history of the town itself which in 1952 was still being referred to as a shining example of prosperity.

At this point the excellent work done on the website Yorke Peninsula: Past & Present needs to be acknowledged for the extensive work carried out in compiling much of the Peninsula’s histo…

21/08/2021

Some interesting research into the history of the town's council from the 1860s.

History of Maitland Council The first exercise for me was to explore the history and formation of the area to see if it provides any insight into the culture and traditions of the communities on th…

21/08/2021

The launch of The "Maitland Watch" newsletter

Witnessing "Death By A Thousand Cuts"