The trip on the highway is so much faster these days and all of the bypasses are not yet finished. Urunga at home here is about to be bypassed as well. That will make things a lot quieter. Its good for travelling but it is seriously destructive to the struggling environment.
I can stand alone by myself on the Bridge in Urunga NSW. The Pacific Highway is still going through the centre of town and so this has always been a favorite place of mine to go and stand with signs. I am so damaged by the government and their useless decisions around people that I have to do this so I stay sane. I am suffering so bad by all of this as it is like no one cares. Many are asleep
On the Bridge - Farms not Mines
The horns that were blown in support of this action were overwhelming and this gave me heart and each one that blew let me know I was not alone with how I was feeling, this is not another one of my scatty ideas. Government damage is what got me where I am so I have to do what helps where I can to survive this in tact in my psyche.
I made a song up using some of the catchy melody of 'What's Up' - 4 Non Blondes.
I took my sign out of my car
I said
you've gone too far
I said hey
WHATS GOING ON
I took my sign up on the Bridge
I said
Ive had enough of this
I said hey
Whats going on
I said HEY yay yay yay
YAY YAY YAY
I said HEY whats going on.
I held my sign above my head
coz my body
was full of Dread
and I said
Hey whats going on?
Farms not mines
is what it says
Coz your making this country
A big mess
I said Hey
Whats going ON?
I said Hey Hey Etc etc etc and on it goes!
Here are the lyrics of What's Up
Twenty-five years I'm alive here still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination
I realized quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man
For whatever that means
And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I, I am feeling a little peculiar.
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
What's going on?
And I say: HEY! yeah yeaaah, HEY yeah yea
I said hey, what's going on?
And I say: HEY! yeah yeaaah, HEY yeah yea
I said hey, what's going on?
We ventured off the hill today down to Port Macquarie for a small trip to pick up two delightful young girls and meet their father and his partner. A lovely day was had by all. The children's dad's partner was lovely.
Image by Mezza - Aurora under Marilyn Monroe the statue at Frederickton NSW
We ventured off the hill today down to Port Macquarie for a small trip to pick up two delightful young girls and meet their father and his partner. A lovely day was had by all. The children's dad's partner was lovely.
Image by Mezza - Aurora under Marilyn Monroe the statue at Frederickton NSW
This morning at approximately 5.00am a utility driven by a 38 year old Nambucca Heads person veered into the path of an oncoming B-Double truck. The driver was killed on impact. The B-Double then careered out of control into a house where the occupants were sleeping at the time. The accident was witnessed by someone having their early morning cuppa in the vicinity. They saw the accident take place. A young person inside the house died in his fathers arms at the scene.
This is a heartfelt plea from a Urunga resident living on the highway. This was recorded by the ABC news team.
Some of the media earlier were reporting the accident with a biased slant towards the truck involved. You can watch these reports here. We all know the trucks are notorious on our roads. In this area they seem to have a particularly nasty attitude and act somewhat like a bunch of renegade cowboy's. There are good and bad truck drivers and I am glad I know some personally, ones who don't drive with an attitude. The town is righteously up in arms about this lack of attention to the Pacific Highway in this area. It will not be swept under the carpet this time. The Local mayor Mr Mark Troy also spoke out about the tragedy.
As well as myself many other friends have been literally terrorized here on the roads of the North Coast of NSW. over the previous years of driving them with children in the vehicles attending sporting events up and down the Pacific Highway. The state of the road itself is deplorable and was long known as the goat track. It was just that, a goat track as the Pacific Highway upgrade was shoved further and further to the back burner in this area.
Now perhaps others will understand after an accident of this magnitude, that something needs to be done to eliminate the heavy vehicles off our roads and get freight back onto the rail system. Stop the carnage of innocent people. This accident would not have been this horrendous if the truck was not on the road, regardless of all of the other circumstances concerning the deadly impact.
A report will be prepared for the very busy coroner.
This morning at approximately 5.00am a utility driven by a 38 year old Nambucca Heads person veered into the path of an oncoming B-Double truck. The driver was killed on impact. The B-Double then careered out of control into a house where the occupants were sleeping at the time. The accident was witnessed by someone having their early morning cuppa in the vicinity. They saw the accident take place. A young person inside the house died in his fathers arms at the scene.
This is a heartfelt plea from a Urunga resident living on the highway. This was recorded by the ABC news team.
Some of the media earlier were reporting the accident with a biased slant towards the truck involved. You can watch these reports here. We all know the trucks are notorious on our roads. In this area they seem to have a particularly nasty attitude and act somewhat like a bunch of renegade cowboy's. There are good and bad truck drivers and I am glad I know some personally, ones who don't drive with an attitude. The town is righteously up in arms about this lack of attention to the Pacific Highway in this area. It will not be swept under the carpet this time. The Local mayor Mr Mark Troy also spoke out about the tragedy.
As well as myself many other friends have been literally terrorized here on the roads of the North Coast of NSW. over the previous years of driving them with children in the vehicles attending sporting events up and down the Pacific Highway. The state of the road itself is deplorable and was long known as the goat track. It was just that, a goat track as the Pacific Highway upgrade was shoved further and further to the back burner in this area.
Now perhaps others will understand after an accident of this magnitude, that something needs to be done to eliminate the heavy vehicles off our roads and get freight back onto the rail system. Stop the carnage of innocent people. This accident would not have been this horrendous if the truck was not on the road, regardless of all of the other circumstances concerning the deadly impact.
A report will be prepared for the very busy coroner.
