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Very nice on a hot day.<br \/>\nWhy couldn&#8217;t the new carpark in Kennedy Street near Castlemaine station have been designed like that?<br \/>\nThe actual car park spaces in the Kennedy Street carpark are incredibly narrow, trying to get the maximum cars in but not an ounce of shade.<br \/>\nThe pebbles with native low plants and a healthy crop of couch grass around the edge are no help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Hooper, Castlemaine I went to Daylesford recently and needed to park behind the Coles supermarket. 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