Today’s economic lesson, kiddies , is that money does not grow on trees –as this photo of a Page 3 topless palm tree ( right ) outside Westpac shows . The cruel Toothless Fairy came during the night and gnawed it and the healthy adjoining tree off at the base.
The Casuarina Bradshaw Terrace banking precinct has been tarted up somewhat after Little Darwin repeatedly exposed the unsatisfactory situation. Paint has been splashed about, several palm trees , including a long dead one have been removed from outside Westpac. A hole in concrete pillar has also been filled in (mustn't have a bank collapse as it could rattle the ASX ).
The assorted off-putting , spew (or worse ) patterns remain on the footpath at the main entrance. Westpac has even managed to get the reception desk sign, from which letters were missing so that it read like a Chinese crossword puzzle , fixed up. However, it still has those eight grotty looking chairs from which the plastic covering the armrests is tattered and missing in places, corroded metal showing through. One would think it a simple matter for one of our big four , government assured , banks to just arrange for new ones to be bought. One reason for the partial clean up of the banking precinct could be the fact that a wholesale chemist shop has arrived next to the Commonwealth and making its presence known with bright signage and a partial clean up of the garden area.
