A number of dog lovers were on edge recently following the emergence of a very confronting sign at a popular off-leash park.
After a pooch was hurt while swimming in a flooded drain last Saturday, dog owners were shocked to see a crocodile warning sign pop up in the Irene Street park in Mooroobool, situated in suburban Cairns.
The sign was introduced as a precaution, with no actual sightings of the fearsome reptiles. Dogs should be (kept) on a lead in a known crocodile habitat, a spokesperson from the Department of Environment and Science said.
Australian saltwater crocodiles (pictured above) are fearsome creatures and are feared by many
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The new crest on Paradise Dam is expected to be finished by next month and the anchor trials are progressing.
While the results aren’t in just yet, here’s what we do know.
CPB Contractors, the lead contractor for the Essential Works, has procured a specialist post-tensioned anchoring and drilling subcontractor to undertake the anchor trial works, according to the Sunwater’s January update on the trials.
The anchoring trial will test the capacity of the existing dam foundation/ground conditions to hold post-tensioned anchors; and potential settlement that could occur within weak foundation materials.