There has been a lot of discussion on the “Victorian Birders” group on Facebook which many of you may not look at. To summarise – there are rumours that Melbourne Water are planning changes to the access rules for the WTP which may well have an adverse affect on birders. Apparently they are seeing a declining number of birders registering to visit the plant, which can only add to the views in MW that access is not important. Those of us who go regularly I don’t think have noticed such a reduction, so the hypothesis is that some people are entering without registering. As I say – this is all hypothesis and you can head over to the Facebook group to see the discussion. But I think it is in the long term interests of ALL birders that everyone registers their visits to the plant so that MW see it is well used. Does not even have to be a phone call these days – you can email at birdwatching@melbournewater.com.au. Remember that it is a condition of your permit and do the right thing!
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The issue of people not registering their visits to WTP has been ongoing for some time. I wrote about it on this forum about Jan this year. The permits are a privilege and shouldn’t be abused. The first to complain if birding visits are curtailed will be the transgressors. I, for one, now ask anyone I meet while at the plant if they have registered their visit. Maybe more people should do the same!
Who knows what it is used for? A few years back when you could enter down Farm Rd (but weren’t supposed to) I went past a camera one day and lived in fear for a few days! On 30 Dec 2014 17:58, “Peter Shute” < pshute@nuw.org.au> wrote:
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Last time I was there, there was a camera at the hide, and I think the sign said it was to monitor visits. But that assumes everyone passes through there. I would have thought monitoring the gates would be better, as many wouldn’t do that on every visit. Peter Shute Sent from my iPad
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