Cameras On Tree's?

[Serg]

Hey!

Looks like no one has posted this up so hopefully I will be the 1st...

Saw this yesterday going down Springvale Rd... And there was another one on a sign in the area... (Close to Burwood Hwy)

Anyone know what they are there for?

[Miguelone]

Tree security.

[bentwagon]

send it to the greenies, they will put a stop to it

[fuzzy_scuz]

New Safety cameras being trialed. Will be interesting to prove callibration when the tree grows each year.

[KezR33]

Poison the tree, and any other tree with cameras in them.

The public will blame the cameras for it and demand them removed.

[R31Nismoid]

Hrmm I'm in need of a new camera...

[bluejeans]

burn the tree down!

[Birds]

Axe will make quick work of that.

[blk94r33]

Lol @

"Hey there's a camera on a tree what's it for"

Responses:

"Kill it"

"Cut it"

"Poison it"

"Burn it"

[xALmoN]

i need some firewood.

[VSPECT]

looks and hopes its a security camera...

[russ123]

looks like two snips with a pair of wire cutters and it's all sorted

[W0rp3D]

looks and hopes its a security camera...

It dosnt look professional, maybe some disgruntled local trying to film ppl doing the wrong thing?

[Guest]

I saw the same thing in Essendon the other day, a couple of them strapped to signs/poles etc. There was some guy wearing a fluro vest and had what looked like an electrician's van putting them up.

[JZP]

Surely it couldn't be a valid speed camera, with the tree swaying with the wind (natural and induced by cars driving past).... skewing the readings??

[JamesK]

You guys didn't hear about this??? It was in the new budget cut! Taxpayers are saving $200 per camera by using a tree!

PS....if I didn't see this on here I would have sworn it was photoshop

PPS. I love how they use a steel padlocked box....some scissors would cut through those cables nicely

Edited May 28, 2011 by JamesK

[bluejeans]

well today at around 11:50am or so i spotted two of these cameras opposite each other (aiming at each other) on Whitehorse road near corner of Nelson road on tree's.. gave them a big smile when i drove past incase someone was watching! no idea what the hell they are for..

[Rekin]

A development company wants to build a new appartment block on a street. The locals have complained that there is not enough parking on street for the new development and are against the idea. The developer has placed cameras around the street to gauge a better understanding of the traffic flow/conditions. This is currently happening in a street in Surrey Hills.

Perhaps its a similar thing happening in Springvale?

[JamesK]

How is this thing getting power? I don't see any sort of wiring from the ground to the box...Unless its on the otherside, even a car battery wont give it enough juice for more then a few hours to a day

[fuzzy_scuz]

How would you charge this under a carbon tax?