Residents of a leafy Melbourne street say they have been forced to trim back a beloved century-old hedge that was slightly blocking a footpath.
street say they have been forced to trim back a beloved century-old hedge that was slightly blocking a footpath.
"It feels empty. It feels that something that belongs there is not there anymore," Ganeson told 9News.This is now all that remains of the Mont Albert hedge. They spent three years battling over the hedge with Whitehorse City Council, which said the plant was breaching local law by obstructing the footpath.Popular Aussie coffee chain trials cashless payments in some shopsGaneson and his wife were given an ultimatum to pay about $6500 to extend the footpath or cut the hedge back to bare sticks.
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