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Quieter Please ! - We are some of the hundreds of people living within earshot of the Powerbuilt Ruapuna Motor Racing Facility in Christchurch, New Zealand ... In 1999 our City Council very kindly gave the management of this facility, permission to operate for 365 days a year. Previous to this rule change the local community and Ruapuna had lived in relative harmony - they were allowed to operate 120 days a year, which gave us a fair amount of peace and quiet ...there are many, many weeks when we are exposed to Noise seven days a week, and on some of these days we are exposed to noise from nine in the morning until, literally, past 11 at night.

Noise Off, New Zealand - promoting the reduction of motor vehicle noise emissions throughout New Zealand for the improvement of the heath & well being of our communities & the quality of our environment.

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Miscellaneous
  • Noise Sensitive - about coping with noise, from a mental-health viewpoint. The world can be a noisy place, difficult for sensitive people to endure. How should we cope?
Australian Articles

Noxious Barking: Insanity Exposed - Tasmanian Peter S. Bright's essay on Noxious Barking: Lifting the lid on owners, councils, legislation.

Strata Life - At last, someone is listening (Sydney) - with increasing numbers of strata developments being built and occupied, the State Government needs to fast-track new legislation to keep up with what is already the most significant lifestyle change in this country in generations.

The Doof-Doof Factor - It used to be woof, woof; now, it’s doof-doof. Barking dogs have given way to car stereos and home theatres ... trying to listen to classical music in his home but found he couldn’t sufficiently insulate himself from the doof, doof emanating from a nearby home. Unhappily, like most over 50, he’s resigned himself to this annoying feature of contemporary urban life.

The Doof-Doof Music - B.J. Coman, Quadrant Magazine
And so, it is true to say that the doof-doof music is but a tiny part of a much larger problem. Nonetheless, I believe it to be far more irritating than most other noises because it is a deliberate assault on silence and upon other people's privacy. Jet engines are louder. So are some large trucks, jackhammers, ambulance sirens, and so on. But we are prepared to tolerate these noises as being a necessary evil.

Quiet please! Fighting noise pollution - Australian academy of science (also see links on right of page).

Australia's traffic too noisy - Australia's vehicle noise limits are double the level of international standards and need to be upgraded ..

Dr. Karl - Thanks to a mate's tape recording that he made in the Simpson Desert, and a cute set of anti-noise headphones that I tested in a Dick Smith shop, I suddenly realised just how noisy our cities really are.