The week that was the last week of the school holidays for July 2022.

More sickness and Covid hitting all ends of the industry. Thank you to the community for working through this and helping each other out.

A reminder to people who like to drive their cars around in circles really fast. The public roads are not the place for this. If you don’t want to do it in your own back yard then please approach a friendly owner of a fenced off area, that the public does not have the right to enter, and see if you can agriculture their grass.

A couple of crashes where people did not see the end of the 100km/h road they were on and failed to turn using the fence as their stopping mechanism. Please use the vehicles brakes prior to the intersection as Mr Ford intended it.

A male has left a bar with another person’s items. Has realised this a couple of days later. He has returned the items.

A number of motorists have reported seeing animals on the road north and south of Wānaka.

Please be mindful we live in an area where not just sheep and cows appear on the road but deer and pigs, the odd possum and sometimes a rabbit/hare can be seen on the roads too. Rocks and some trees falling are around as well.

The weather is not our friend at the moment. I’m hoping the sun will come out and stay out for a few months soon.

A young lady was reported as missing after not getting home about 40 minutes after she was supposed to. After an hour or so she turned up, safe and well. Let’s be wary of our surroundings.

Which reminds me that winter normally sees the odd person returning home to the wrong address after enjoying a beverage and being found sleeping on the couch by the householders. There hasn’t been that many this year, BUT… please lock your doors. Censor security lights are great and for those that want to be in the loop while away from home, CCTV.

Speeding around the traps is still an issue. I was told by the speed camera van operator that sites like Cardrona Valley Road by the medical centre and McDougall Street can see many hundreds of speed tickets being issued in one day. This is not a great thing to hear. Is life that busy we have forgotten to smell the roses. Slow down a tad. What is 30 seconds onto a journey that some have taken years to get to.

Take care everyone.