When I contacted City Rail to find out what was going on, I was told that some signaling gear was to be installed and it may be necessary to use a cherry picker so the car park was fenced and gated but would be returned to public use soon. The cherry picker has gone, there is no work happening but the carpark remains locked. To make matters worse the big shade trees have disappeared and the carpark is barren. Does anyone know what is really happening?

The government wants to change the words to our national anthem Advance Australia Fair I hear, from a reliable source.

"For those who've come across the seas, we've boundless plains to share," (stolen land may I add, from the original owners).

As this line from our national anthem is sending a welcome message to boat people to come here, according to the rulers of our society. For the record most people who come here, fly here, and not by boat, many of them are called overstayers, nicer word than illegals. Heaps of overstayers here, who fly in by plane, in the eyes of some - a better type of illegal. They have a return ticket, which stops them from denied entry to this country. Is the changing the words of the national anthem Peter Dutton's idea?

In regard to the Bath Street, Toronto development, I believe the council has made the right decision in deferring the project.

The community will now be consulted regarding future options for this parcel of land as part of the Toronto master plan. We will now have an opportunity to see and hear the views of the people of Lake Macquarie. I congratulate the mayor and the councillors who supported the decision.

Thanks to an abundance of overgrown lantana scrub at Dora Creek, the perfect habitat for the breeding of mosquitoes, I have contracted Ross River fever for the second time.

According to most doctors it can't be caught a second time, but I am proof it can, only much worse than the first, for which I have been informed can last up to, and over 12 months of treatment using morphine based medication, because there is no cure. Why can't a simple contract be given to a person with a tip truck and bobcat as a full time lantana removalist who is paid by the same amount per ton as the council charges residents, which is around $300 per ton and in other words "chicken feed". The collection of weigh bridge tickets with an invoice as proof of work is so simple and cost effective it beggars question why only a person like me can see the benefits?

My letter although directed at council, is more for the residents to be careful and cover up as it appears this virus is transmitted from infected animals.

I refer to the article '$235M plan: from bogey to boogie' which appeared in the Lakes Mail, September 5 edition.

The Morisset golf course and bowling greens provide healthy, outdoor sporting facilities which benefit many in the community, old and young. I am appalled at the proposed 'Cedar Mill' development which, as I understand, will provide little more to locals except more traffic and noise pollution. Aside from that, the plans are a mix of different 'precincts', which has as much chance of success as the Morisset Megamarkets. What is needed is to leave the sporting facilities alone and renovate the clubhouse to a better standard. Nelson Bay Golf Club would serve as a good example.