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Maintenance -  Weed - Shade Sails - House Numbers - Cable TV & Broadband

PMRA is compiling a collection of “Best Practices for Living on our Canals Tips” and “Comments” from all residents about matters they consider important for living and boating on our canals, and which sometimes get overlooked.  This collection of tips will also include regulations (simplified) from various Government Departments, which impact on our lifestyles. 

Do you need maintenance work on Council property in your neighbourhood?

Click here to go to the City of Mandurah's web site, scroll to Form No 40, Compliance Request Form.

The natural waterways of the Peel Region produce seagrasses and aquatic algae that have a beneficial effect on the whole system, being in approximate balance with the production of the critters that we like to see in the estuary.  Some weed is "good" and some is "bad" and may choke the system.  Most of the bad ones exploit the excess of nutrients that are not in balance with the nutrient requirements of the "good weed".  So there is a fair chance that if you have a lot of bad weeds the problem might start at your back door.

There are some very simple solutions.  Use fertiliser sparingly and only water it in so that it just reaches the root zone of your plants. Avoid over-watering - that sends the nutrients straight into the canal.  There are plenty of bad weeds sitting outside your wall waiting for a feed!

Simply fertilise and water only if the plants show symptoms of needing it.

Another very good practice that is possible on some canal blocks is to grow a strip of lawn alongside the canal wall, as plants like couch are brilliant "nutrient scavengers". You will be surprised how little water is needed to maintain a canal side strip of lawn. Fertiliser is never needed, because most is being eventually washed out of the plants and gardens around the house.

The good news is that the health of the waterways in the Port Mandurah system is very good. Lets keep it that way!

SHADE SAILS

See article on “Shade Sails”  which is located at the following-address: http://www.mandurah.wa.gov.au/minutes/forms/building/39_shade_sails.pdf
The Association Committee will be the final arbiter of what is included in the manual on the website. 

NEW STREET NUMBERS ON CANAL WALLS

In order to make it easier for visitors in boats to find their friends on the Port Mandurah canals, the City of Mandurah has agreed to affix street numbers to the canal wall (as was done in Stage 1). Because of budget constraints the work will be done in stages. Stage 2 will be done as soon as the numbers are received and the contract for fixing them to the walls has been let.

SIGNS ON CANAL WALLS

It is illegal to affix signs, be they advertising or fun, to the canal walls or to jetties. The City of Mandurah is aware of a number of illegal signs including some from jetty builders, boat-lift companies and one with a crocodile indicating that there is “no swimming” in the canals.

Rather than prosecuting the City would prefer to see these signs removed voluntarily.

CABLE BROADBAND and TV

Except for Port Mandurah Stage 1, the remainder of the Estate has in-ground cabling for connection to both Broadband Internet and Television. The company who has the contract for the cable Internet is e-wire - a division of Broadcast Engineering Service (Australia) Pty. Ltd. Their contact details are: Ph 1300 135 231; support@e-wire.net.au; www.e-wire.net.au

WHITE MOORING PILES

Mooring poles (posts) should either be painted white, wrapped in white material or at least have a white cap to make them less of a navigation hazard, particularly at night.