Welcome to Dubbo and its huge social problems... Streets with no mail

[nero_bolt]

Welcome to Dubbo..... 

Full video and story here and its well worth watching.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonight/latest/article/-/18206017/streets-with-no-mail/

We've all heard of neighborhoods where it's not safe for a female to walk alone at night, but what about one where it's unsafe, 24-hours a day?

For more than 200 hundred years Australia's posties have delivered on a promise - to get the mail through, rain, hail or shine - but a post office in Dubbo can no longer deliver on that promise.

The job has become so dangerous that they've been through four posties in just twelve months.

Now the New South Wales suburb of West Dubbo is home to the streets with no mail. Eight blocks and more than 200 homes have been given a mail ban, meaning each and every resident now has to collect their mail from the post office.

Patrick Williams from Australia Post says the latest attack on a female worker was the final straw that led to the decision to stop mail deliveries.

According to Mr Williams the postal workers were "getting rocks thrown at them, people (were) accosting them, threatening them, abusing them, touching property - we just will not tolerate it.

"Our postie was out there, they were accosted by some individuals who touched the motorcycle, turned it off. We also had an article that went missing, there was also some threats made to our postie, and we just will not tolerate that."

[daydream**believer]

"The line"??

What line??

[daydream**believer]

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@just_me_karen wrote:
That side of the line, I know all that area 🙂

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if you are talking about the railway line, then you are talking about Gordon Estate and this story was not about Gordon Estate.

heres a map of Dubbo so you are not so confused

[just_me_karen]

Thanks for that, DDB, but I know the area well. I've been going to Dubbo for years.. and years, it has good shops.

[lakeland27]

i've only driven through dubbo in the 80's, but i think you are both wrong.

[spotweldersfriend]

Dubbo's most famous export.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXHobvVdOsQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[just_me_karen]

I didn't know the reels came from Dubbo. Dubbo has a great zoo.

Hawk, I've reported your post.

[*elizabeths-mum*]

I was trying to reply to that post, Karen! 

[just_me_karen]

That was quick, just as it should be. Hi EM 🙂

[12elliemellie]

You are kidding!  Gone again already?

Let me put it as nicely as I can.  I posted a picture, which I think may have mistakenly credited to another poster, that was reported and removed.

I was simply trying to make the point that the back and forth discussion about who knew a place better seemed a little tedious.

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Surely I can't offend anyone this time?

[just_me_karen]

Nope, it wasn't you. I didn't see the pic. However, I do agree with the other back and forth thing you said, I should have ignored.