I saw the sign at the entrance to the gravel road at the top of Murray street – the part that passes between the golf club and the municipal waterworks.
For some time now, road traffic has been banned—Gevaarlik/Geen Toegang/Closed the sign read. Eschewing caution, I walked past the sign, not knowing what to expect when, suddenly, I came across the problem. There was a huge crevasse across the gravel track!
With some trepidation I crouched to the very edge and then I saw it. Deep in the distant depths I thought I could just make out something unusual. Reaching for my pocket binoculars, I faintly made out an arched steel structure. To the left, was a pale sandy coloured patch.
Then it struck me—I was looking at the Sydney Harbour Bridge with Bondi Beach to one side.No wonder the sign suggested ‘Gevaar’. Any vehicle travelling along this stretch of road would most certainly have come a cropper. Thanks to the alert municipal official who had the presence of mind to post this sign and save any errant motorist from a fate worse than death—precipitously ending up in Sydney, Australia!
For some time now, road traffic has been banned—Gevaarlik/Geen Toegang/Closed the sign read. Eschewing caution, I walked past the sign, not knowing what to expect when, suddenly, I came across the problem. There was a huge crevasse across the gravel track!
Then it struck me—I was looking at the Sydney Harbour Bridge with Bondi Beach to one side.No wonder the sign suggested ‘Gevaar’. Any vehicle travelling along this stretch of road would most certainly have come a cropper. Thanks to the alert municipal official who had the presence of mind to post this sign and save any errant motorist from a fate worse than death—precipitously ending up in Sydney, Australia!
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