And my 5c worth ... We're lucky in that Eden Road is a bit further from the action and we park our cars off the road. I would not be happy to have my car parked out in the road; some of the driving we noticed left much to be desired. There was a lot of noise from the street and neighbouring streets (Bowden and Trill) all night on Friday and Saturday. Our block was full of bottles / rubbish on Sunday morning (I picked up a whole black bag's worth in our block), and a few abandoned cars that were picked up later in the day. Where did the car owners sleep? In somebody's garden? In a park?
Why don't the festival people clean up ALL the streets in Obs after the festival? Better still, keep the drunken revellers out of the streets. It is, after all, a residential neighbourhood. Gill On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Darth Brink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We've had enough. I love Obz, love the (usual) vibe, but after this > weekend I have had enough. I agree with Jo-Anne - where is the > carnival we used to love? > > Few notes to consider for future fests: > > 1. One entry point (where a small entry fee is charged), and one exit > point. > 2. Security personnel to ensure none of the revelers enter the > streets outside the festival area, unless they can produce a residents > permit, or are accompanied by a resident with a valid permit. > 3. Parking in a few designated areas, and visitors being shuttled > back and forth (from the entry point and exit point). This would be > covered by the entry fee that is charged. > 4, Enforced Closing Times. Not only music, revelers must LEAVE!!! > > This might seem a bit hectic, but I cannot see our neighberhood > surviving another fest. Our street is filthy, broken bottles and > human waste everywhere... Cars scratched from drunks falling against > it (or on purpose when we asked them to tone it down)... and because > it is not in the festival area, we have to clean it ourselves. > > Our neighbour across the street was home alone with her 1 year old > toddler the weekend, neither of them slept. Once she braved going > outside to try and get a Corsa bakkie who was parked in front of her > house to turn their music volume down. She was told to get her hands > off their car, and was threatened by the dancing passengers on the > back. Scared, she retreated inside, but only after asking one of the > parking marshals from Lower Main to assist. His rude and unhelpful > reply: "We're working on it - stop interfering". > > I know these are isolated incidents, and the festival only happens > once a year... I want to know, is it really worth it? > > And as this thread is headed, How does Observatory benefit??? > > We surely don't. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
