The rubbish, long grass and weeds situation outside Deniliquin Plaza has led to locals wondering who actually owns the strip of land that goes from the rail line to the back of the shops so that the owners could be contacted and the place hopefully gets tidied up.

At first it was believed that GrainCorp own the land but their boundary only goes to the silo side of the rail line.

The next idea was V/Line considering the Border Railways Act 1922 places the line under Victorian control.

Then Twitter user @MelbPTUser saw our Tweet to V/Line and answered with the following information.

“V/line actually don’t own the regional rail network in Vic, instead they lease it from VicTrack who own the Victorian rail network and associated infrastructure, this includes the standard gauge tracks which are leased to the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) who operates all the major interstate standard gauge routes

But Deniliquin line being broad gauge wouldn’t fall under ARTC’s control. Its an interesting one!”

So with this information, posts have been sent to VicTrack on Facebook and Twitter asking them if they own the line and showing them the long grass and weeds in case they do own it or know who does and passes the information along.

One last piece of interest was that we found a site called nswrail.net and it has two pictures from the 1980s and a couple from the early 2000’s when the station was still standing as well as the goods shed.

@MelbPTUser is right, it is an interesting one.

Nominations for the Edward River Council Australia Day Awards 2017 are now open.

There will be four Edward River Council wide awards, one for Deniliquin only and one for Conargo only.

The Awards are the following;

• Citizen of the Year

• Young Citizen of the Year

• Sportsperson of the Year

• Young Sportsperson of the Year

• Community Event of the Year (Deniliquin only)

• The Bill Hermiston Memorial Landcare Award (Conargo only)

It will be a new experience for residents as it will be the first Australia Day under the Edward River Council banner after years of being just Deniliquin Council and Conargo Shire.

All details of the nomination process are available at http://www.edwardriver.nsw.gov.au/australia-day-2017  and after reading about the awards and criteria, download and fill in the form at the bottom of the page and get it in to council by Email, Fax, Post or In Person by Friday December 2.

The other day DNS discussed the rubbish situation along the fence of Deniliquin Plaza and our man of many talents Dan Clark remarked about the tall grass that is just past the fence.

A series of events ensured that we were unable to quickly get back to the fence to show what lay beyond it and document what was seen.

Fortunately for us and the town, James Barling saw what was beyond the fence, taken pictures and sent them to us and we are very honoured by the fact that we were considered to put words to the pictures.

As you can see in three pictures, the amount and heights of the grass and weeds is astounding and there is no doubt that Edward River Council must now resolve the issue of the overgrown grass and weeds as quickly as possible.

A fourth picture shows the rubbish along the fence, this picture bolsters the photos taken by Dan when it comes to seeing the rubbish along the fence, this problem should also be taken care of by Council whether by action or enforcing an order.

We live in a town that is lauded for the Ute Muster, Cruising Nationals, Fishing Classic, Festivals, Its great establishments and more but we are fast becoming in danger of being a town that does not take care of its  environment.

A reminder to readers to check out our petition and sign it if you really believe that change has to come when it comes to rubbish dropping in our town and surrounding areas.

We sincerely hope that this blog piece inspires somebody to take action for the good of the town and the local environment.

Pokémon Go Deniliquin

Pokémon Go Deniliquin is still holding steady at 184 members.

The Group is the place to go when you want to know everything local about Pokémon Go.

Recent group activity is still at zero but word is that people will be playing it again real soon and we’ll be reporting on news as it comes to hand.

For those who want to see memes, stats and other news visit the Pokémon Go page that has almost 2.82 million likes or this one that has 2.3 million likes.

Pokémon Shuffle News

Past and present locals have continued to have made progress on Pokémon Shuffle and several others have joined in the fun too in the last week or so.

Our two regular gamers Boony and Tiggy are doing well with Boony still facing Mega Aerodactyl on Stage 180 on Pokemon Shuffle Mobile and Tiggy is still on Stage 230 on the 3DS version of the game.

Boony and Tiggy are also racing each other on the mobile version with Boony on Stage 180 and Tiggy has moved up to Stage 132 and we will continue to follow the battle as it progresses.

A third Pokemon Shuffle player is up to Stage 139 which is a great achievement and we hope to find more players in the near future and have a weekly tally.

Pokemon Sun and Moon

The release of both Pokemon Sun and Moon is getting closer (Nov 18) and Nintendo has been releasing videos showing players what to expect upon release including the video below.

The above video introduces Pokemon and show what several of them can do and more.

EB Games has a range of Pokemon Sun and Moon products (games, collectors editions, 3DS’s etc) ready to be snapped up on November 18 and they can be ordered from their website.

We’ll be back next week with a new edition of The Deni Pokemon Wrap.