By JESSE GRAHAM
YARRA Ranges mayor Maria McCarthy has hit out at vandals who stole a picnic table and chairs from Healesville’s Everard Park last month.
The council announced on Thursday 8 October that its parks and bushlands team discovered the table and chair gone last week during regular maintenance.
A metal gate had been cut open at the park, off of the Maroondah Highway, and it appeared the thieves had unbolted the table and chair from a concrete base.
Cr McCarthy said that stealing the chairs was a “low act”, and “shameful behaviour”.
“This is disgusting and desperate behaviour, for someone to stoop so low as to remove a table and chairs from a park,” she said.
“It’s this kind of anti-social attitude that wrecks things for other people and costs council and, in turn, residents.”
Healesville police Senior Constable Kirsty Swankie said the chair and table were stolen over the weekend of Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September, though the theft was only reported on Wednesday 7 October.
Anyone with information on the theft, who saw any suspicious activity, or who has a friend with a new outdoor setting bolted into the ground, should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report to www.crimestoppersvic.com.au
