YOUR SAY: Why Thurgoona desperately needs a second point of entry
Thurgoona is only going to be bigger and traffic is going to be stuck forever in a jam if we don't put in a second entry into the area.
I'm sure so many people are caught up each day trying to get to work without having to wait five minutes to get through a roundabout.
We need to put an end to traffic congestion in Thurgoona. It is a pressing problem. When I go to school, each time I go to and from Thurgoona, I'll always end up waiting between 2-10 minutes on one entry and exit.
If a road was placed near the highway exit, traffic congestion could be easily avoided, and major schools, and shopping centres could be easily accessed.
I do not understand the meaning of one entry and exit.
Lots of visitors come to and from the highway each day, and if people want more publicity, they better make it easier to access these highly-talked-about highlights of Thurgoona.
The current roundabout is not practical. It may look nice, but isn't practical.
So in conclusion, we need to improve our traffic environment in Thurgoona, for everyone's benefit and put in an easier way to access our wonderful suburb.
Brianna Emmett, 12, Thurgoona
Splish splash we were taking ... the train
I feel for the families of the two people who died when the XPT derailed. How terrible.
I have been a regular traveler on the train for many years. Each time, there is something very wrong, either "no buffet today" or no air-conditioning and always, "sorry must not go over a certain speed limit".
Over the speaker (which you can't properly hear) they are talking and you might catch a word that means they need to make up time at Wallan, and nothing changes.You just come back to same old.
My sister in Queensland emailed me and wondered if it was the train which I always travelled on.
I replied it was not, but that our daily train to Melbourne travels on the same line. As I wrote the reply, it hit me that I had travelled to Melbourne on February 14, and it was not without trouble.
Around Wallan the gentleman beside me remarked "I believe we are on a slant". We were slipping and sliding sideways and you could hear the scraping on the line.
He was on the aisle seat so he gave me his water bottle to put in the aisle. And sure enough, we were on a slant because his water bottle proved it.
There was a muffled announcement about making up time, and then we were going like crazy. Further down the line our attention went to our Car C, outside the toilet. Coming from the toilet, there was water going over the carpet as well.
Every time the slope of the line hit, more water came out. We were the lucky ones. All the people lined up to slosh, slosh, alighting relief. Welcome to Melbourne.
Beverley Bantick, Tawonga South
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