The work of a little-known crew at Orange City Council made the news this week, when COVID was detected in our sewer system.
The Orange PodcastShow Notes
Send us Fan Mail There’s a crew at Orange City Council whose work goes completely unnoticed, until you turn on a tap or flush a toilet. But then this week, in the midst of a COVOD pandemic, their work made the news. And we find out what happens next after the first trees are removed, as work finally begins to build a new sporting precinct. The proposed precinct will be developed in a park-like setting, where even the car parks are greener than usual.
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