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In a quirky battle on the Great Ocean Road, residents of Lorne are locked in a smart showdown with sulphur-crested cockatoos who’ve mastered the art of trash raiding—especially on Monday mornings. After years of failed fixes like weighted lids and chewed-up rubber strips, locals Allan Walls and Gary Fenton engineered a simple, genius solution: a plastic apron that stops birds from gripping bin lids. Tested for five years with zero failures, the design has won over the council, which invested $50,000 to outfit 500 bins—saving millions in future costs. Bird experts praise its potential for wider use, highlighting a win for community innovation, recycled materials, and coexistence in a world reshaped by humans.

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