Still no stench,

very pleasant, but there is a little bit of progress - there's new piles of stuff!



And with my proper camera we can see the orange blob is something to do with power. The writing on the front of the box says: "Pass leads up through hole"!! I guess the fellas working down there know what that means!

The orange blob

Off my daughters phone camera again, my camera has flat batteries! It never gives me any warning, just shows a red battery and switches off. I have spare batteries but I'm not carrying my camera bag.....

Anyway, we can't figure out what it is but there's an orange blob in the middle of the car park now. The zoom on my camera probably could have shown us......

Walked down Forrester and there's no stench. Lovely.

Missed opportunity!

I left my camera at home. And there's been progress! The shopping trolley is gone, but no, seriously, all the light poles have been taken down. They're lying along the grass footpath.

Walking up Forrester today, the smell was there but not very strong. Maybe they've finished processing that load of smelly product. Maybe we'll get a break for a few days before they start the next batch.

Later: thanks to a phone camera:

Well something happened

Can you pick what is different?



The shopping trolley has been moved!

The stench is still blowing across Forrester, thankfully I wasn't walking this time.

Parked in

Oh yeah, there were police in the dirt car park yesterday, and a couple of people talking to them who looked as if they were parked in. I wonder how many people were booked?

Progress!

Oh look there is some progress - they put those barriers around the loose dirt areas to try to stop it running into the drains.

I like the shopping trolley sitting there. It's been there since before they closed the car park. I wonder how long it will stay there? I like the idea that after the car park is built we'll walk inside and find the shopping trolley still there.



The wind has shifted and is taking the stench across Forrester again.

Burnt plastic and turning buses

Today the only thing I could smell was burnt plastic. Not quite so sickening, but probably more toxic.

The car park hasn't changed much but they've painted a bus turning area on the road:

There you go!

See, they did fill in the holes!

The stench came straight across the station this afternoon. No escaping it.

Camera and computer talking

My camera and computer are talking again. These are yesterdays pics, I didn't take any today because I didn't think I'd get my equipment taking to each other. Pity, today there's something different to see - they filled in the holes they dug! Wow.

The stench made itself know as we drove down Forrester. Things may change in the car park, but not with the stench.

Only stench

My computer won't recognise my camera! No pictures today. That's ok though because it doesn't look much different to yesterday.....

Walked up Forrester to my daughters car and found the stench - it's still there. Walking through it is like adding insult to injury!

Another quiet and stench free day

Surprise surprise!

Gee they got busy over the weekend!

On the smell side I didn't smell anything today.

Parking and driving through the stench

What does this sign mean? It almost looks as if the car park is only open certain hours, but maybe it means infringement notices will only be issued at certain hours. I haven't been down there at these hours to see if the carpark is open.

Conversation with someone on the station: they said they'd rung Penrith Council about the timed parking opposite the station near the Plaza and they were told they weren't going to change the signs saying it's timed parking but they also aren't going to patrol it. Would you believe it???


The smell was up across Forrester again. Thankfully I was in a car this time! If the weather stays cool I can keep the windows up!!

Low activity

Todays image. I didn't smell the stench when we drove down Forrester.

Todays question, from a couple of people: If they've used up that much space with the site office buildings where are they going when they start building on the next bit?

Walking through the stench

From page 6 of the official report:

"TIDC will communicate to commuters about the alternative locations for and local routes to this parking.

Whilst commuters that are familiar with St Mary’s may be able to find alternative parking themselves, TIDC proposes diversions (and communication of diversions) to facilitate those people who require assistance and to provide an organised approach to traffic movements to minimise impacts on surrounding roads."

What? Sorry? Was anyone communicated with?

Bringing in my other favorite subject - what fun walking up Forrester to the parked car - at least if you're driving past the stench you're going fast enough to get past it without breathing too much in but walking up means your are totally drenched in it. I think that's called rubbing salt in the wounds......

Stench and construction zone

ok, I haven't been here for a while, and I haven't smelled anything at the station for ages, maybe the wind direction had changed and took it away from where I usually traveled. Then late last week it was blowing across Forrester into the industrial area. Beware driving with your windows down - in the warm weather it's a total trap!

In the meantime, I hope you're not one of the commuters who usually uses the car park. Unless you're very early you'll need to park the car away and walk. The full report is here: http://www.tidc.nsw.gov.au/Our-Projects/Current-Projects/Commuter-Car-Park-Program/St-Marys/Determination-Report/default.aspx and it gives a huge amount of detail including plans and 'artist's impression' images and somewhere in those is a map showing where all the untimed parking in the area is. There are four parts and they're all important.

Today pic:


I'll try to document the changes.

Interesting thing about the report, they mentioned in there somewhere that communicating with the commuters about the location of the untimed parking would be a good idea..........