LOOK BACK IN ANGER

[Myra Thomas-Rhodes]

I want to show you all our beautiful road, a quiet "No Through" road, with only eight homes on it Our council, Mundaring Shire, Perth, Western Australia, want to widen and bitumise this road, at a cost of nearly half a million dollars to its ratepayers - a road length of only about 600 metres, effectively making it a "Rolls Royce" road to nowhere! All the residents are against this, and if we cannot stop the madness, bulldozing will start at the end of this month of November, 2010. Many, many trees will go, which are at least 200 years old, as well as the Grass Tree, known as Zanthoreas, a protected species. These too are ancient, and abundant in our road, and are so old, many are double and triple headed, standing at least two or three metres tall.

We are fighting this in grand style and have enlisted politicians, including our state leader, the Premier of Western Australia. We have Environmentalists on board, and expect this issue to be raised in State Parliament shortly. I want this to be aired, so that when someone "googles" William Road, it will help bring to shame Mundaring Shire - a shire who should represent the Hills of Western Australia, but appears to have lost sight of this fact.

[Carmel Murphy]

Beautiful road with wonderful trees and no doubt lots of wildlife too!! What an insane idea to destroy this?? Utter madness!! I do hope your campaign is successful;o))

[Linda Baldry]

Good luck with the campaign Myra, such a wonderful place, hope they don't win !!!!! x

[Anna Kazimierowicz]

You live in a very beautiful place, Myra. Fingers crossed for your campaign;-)

[Cornelia]

Let's hope, you will soon be able to look back with pride on those beautiful trees, knowing they'll stil be there, when those who wanted to chop them down are loooong gone - best of success with your campain!!!

[JOANNE]

Such a shame a beautiful area. But it is beginning to happen here in NZ too. Councils being driven by money and profit at the cost of countryside, native plants and wildlife. All the best with your campaign

[Agnieszka Rola]

keeping my fingers crossed Myra! beautiful place!

[Esther Siegrist]

cross my finger for you alland your campaign! what a shame, this wonderful trees must be protection!

[Astrid Landsaat]

This is madness! Good luck with your campaign Myra!

[Sharyn Latchford]

SHAME on those who would destroy trees and native bush....some over 200 years..I wish you luck with your compaign....if your councils are anything like ours.....you will need it.......these days its all about the dollar!!!!

[Laura Kolbach]

humans................... the only species that destroys its environment deliberately... what a shame....