70 Wheels turn

The felled trees continued to lie along Creewah Road. Because they were on the roadside, more people saw them and more people became angry. Someone must be blamed and then dismembered publicly. We needed a battle plan.

First thing was to get lots of signatures on a piece of paper and send it to someone. We had 60 signatures in no time and that was even without calling in dead people and making forgeries. That number seemed enough to add weight to our argument, whatever that was, though anyone could still point out that the sixty were Creewah Greenies who were crazy anyway.

John and Jill rang up the local member for an audition, were listened to intently and even given tea and biscuits out of a packet. He promised to have a look for himself and take the matter further. Meanwhile, Kim and Gabrielle had contacted the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) who also promised to visit the site and make an assessment. A councillor was also asked to view the situation and report back to Bombala Council at their next meeting. Data were collected. The wheels were turning.

As with most council meetings, the public were allowed to sit quietly in the chambers and listen to proceedings. We were keen to hear what the spokesman councillor would say and how the mayor and other councillors would react to his presentation and our complaints.