by the sea side

It is strange that someone would keep the hose on when water is such a big issue.I am in Qld and don't have water recriction where I live.I do not water the grass at all but water plants late evening just as the mozzies are biting(we haven't got daylight saving either).People that waste water should be penalised,water is precious makes you wonder, about moaning about it raining in the UK.

themerlin

I think we still get more rain here then in the UK, even in the drought.

northernbird

generally I think perth gets more annual rainfall than Manchester.

iPom

It already is. Need a dog toilet? Bring your dog to our lawn.

The only problem with this is when I find out who you are and deliver the dog poop back to your house through your letter box.

Pomster

It has been pointed out to me on many occasions that Southern Europeans are the ones who like to hose their concrete...my neighbour is definitely southern European and likes to hose his concrete. It is a statement, not a racial comment.
Bit like saying the English like to talk about the weather....

Don't take offence where none is meant.

iPom

My US friends hose their concrete. They're not Italian or Southern European. Maybe all Americans like to hose their concrete....


Perhaps if there are Americans here, they can comment.

Pomster

Hosing concrete was certainly nothing I had encountered before coming to Oz.

Perhaps we are behind the times with this broom-implement-thing which we use?

MartinLuther

So what infrastructure do they have in the UK to catch rainwater that we don't have here?

Maybe they could supply us with the technology.

iPom

On the contrary, I think we're ahead of the times. What will the concrete hosers do when the water is all gone?

I saw concrete hosing a lot in the UK. Esp with pressure washers.

sme

Gets all those nasty brown stains off


I still don't get how being Italian equates to whether you use a broom, hose or whatever you choose to clean your driveway with.

moneypenny20

we're on level 4 restrictions here. In a down pour the other day I drove past a house that had sprinklers going on the front garden WTF No sign up saying bore or tank water either and most who have that do as they're fed up with being reported

Wol

What's so strange about using water to clean things?

A pressure washer uses quite a lot less water than a hand spray anyway.

As far as I know the planet actually has an overall small *gain* of water from cometary debris and has *more* water each year. It may be falling in different places but if state governments won't spend the money building new dams and catchments while watching populations double and triple I don't see much hope!

I don't waste water - never have - but I refuse to be brainwashed (joke) into feeling guilty by the same people who (a) insist on handling water themselves (ie. governments) and (b) are comically incompetent to do so.

BadgeIsBack

Took me ages to work out all the watering systems on the various stages - and then reconcile those with the permanent ones. I hardly ever use water outside but made sure I had a nozzle on the hose so noone can dob me in on suspicion alone.

Basically for VIC, Stage 2 means you cannot water lawns. But I think you can water gardens. And there is an emphasis on the types of system you can use too and at what times. I think that because I would use a hose with trigger nozzle to water plants if I did I'm pretty safe - I think.

My wife waters all her plants from the baby's bath water. We've not used a hose in 3 years.

BadgeIsBack

I think the 'racist' comment is more to do with the fact that Southern Europeans like to have concrete in the first place. They buy a decent block of land and do the whole thing in concrete. I've heard people put on a mock accent:

'just concrete the block'.

Funny thing is, I know of a South American who wants to tile most of his and he has offered to do, and suggested I do mine. I've been as polite as I can with the bastard...

iPom

...so far!