SwinburneA

Last night (7Th Sept through to morning of the 8Th) we heard this annoying noise again. The noise was very loud and we found it difficult to sleep.

The EPA have contacted me to advise that they are investigating our concerns and have received another complaint, they welcomed our feedback. They expect to have a response for us later this week.

Look forward to hearing from them in relation to addressing these concerns. SwinburneA.

SwinburneA

Out walking and can still hear noise travelling across the football oval to our home. It is a humming type fan/swishing noise that is consistent in its rythm. I agree that the noise has increased significantly in the last 2yrs. I am not looking forward to the warmer weather as I will not be able to leave windows open at night due to the level of noise being experienced. Its difficult enough to sleep with the windows closed now! Concerned Neighbours SwinburnA.

SwinburneA

Hi have encountered issues with the noise over the last week. Especially Friday the 2nd Sept, we reported concerns to EPA and are awaiting feedback. After investigation with driving around streets to locate the noise we found that the Godfreys Hirst site was operating. Lights and Fans were going with excessive noise that travelled across to our location. On Saturday there was no noise, Sunday the noise was excessive again as with last night the 5th of Sept where at 4.00 am this the morning it woke us up. Several neighbours in our street have expressed thei concerns over the last week too. Concerned neighbours SwinburneA

Monday 5 Sep Noise

Was awake at 3.30am this morning listening to the fan noise

Got home from work and after road noise died down its still noisy tonight

Spoke to GHirst tonight they are looking into it - please post your disturbance for them to see

thanks

Update Industry now listening to our blog so please start posting for them

Its been awhile since my last blog but the noise hasn't stopped.

Last weekend was very bad (I can still hear it tonight). The following is an account:

On Friday there was noise all day (3 Sep 11) that was somewhat masked by daytime noises.

During the day I telephoned Barrett Burston's and Viridian (MHD). BB advised me that he didn't think Barrett Burston was making the noise as they had been operating for many many years without change to systems, he suggested I wander around the area to see if I can detect the source and find the right person to approach. MHD was very nice and open to looking at his operations to see if they were contributing to our disturbance.

By the evening it was very loud and I went out at 7 pm and drove past the industrial facilities to the north of Osborne Park. I went as far as the woodchipping facility past the port entry and stopped my car and turned it off. There were loud trucks operating there driving up and down piles of chips but the noise was different. I then drove to the front and then the side road of Godfrey Hirst and turned off my car and got out. This factory was very loud and the noise was just like the sound that we had been annoyed by at home. I then continued down McLeod Street and turned off the car and got out near the exit of Graincorp, I could still hear the noise from Godfrey Hirst and there was some noise from Graincorp but not nearly as loud or similar to the noise that has been annoying us. I then continued driving continuing to right on McLeod Street and stopped again outside Barrett Burston. This factory was noisy but not as noisy as Godfrey Hirst and had a different type of noise. I then continued on turning right into Mackey Street and stopped outside Viridian Glass (MHD). I listened to the noise from this factory which was producing some noise but not as noisy as Godfrey Hirst. I thought that it was very likely that the noise from Godfrey Hirst was the noise that was annoying us but that perhaps this noise had potential to combine with the lower noises from Barrett Burston and Viridian (MHD)? I'm not sure if these noises combine but would need to investigate on days when we are not annoyed by noise if Godfrey Hirst is or is not operating with very noisy operation. I then got back in my car and drove into Geelong.

I went out for the evening in Geelong and returned home at 10 pm and it was still very noisy. This morning (3 September) I can still hear industrial noise from my home.

Tonights noise

Again a humming fan like noise tonight.

Began to notice it about 8pm.

Can hear it in our living area which faces north and in our bedroom upstairs.

It's annoying as it makes it hard to get to sleep

Will be very annoying when weather warms up and we want to be in backyard in evening for bbq etc.

Prior History of Noise for Us

We live in Vautier Street since 2007. When we moved here we noticed no industrial noise.

The summer before last (09/10 Summer) was when we first noticed the noise from the nearby industry. That summer we noted very frequent fan like noises from our nearby industrial area and discussed this with our neighbours. This was a whooshing sound which was worst at night (whoosh, whoosh whoosh), we're not sure if someone made a complaint to someone but it went away after a few months. In the last 3-6 months a constant humming noise (like a fan noise) has become more consistent and audible. We're not sure where it comes from but we think it might be from where the grain is unloaded?? We can hear it all day but I have noticed on Sundays past that I haven't heard it at all. On other days it is most noticeable in the morning and the evening and night time. It seems to become worst when the road noise from Melbourne road dies down for the evening. It keeps us awake sometimes and is annoying when we are in our backyard.