Barkadia would be better

If, as the Peninsula News reports (25 June), a quest is underway ('Name change for The Bays (sic)'), could we have some more inspired suggestions?

How about Barkadia?

It's like the mythological Arkadia (a place of simplicity and contentment) but with dogs.

But seriously, in 1991 when the Geographical Names Board suggested a name change (to Woy Woy Bays), the community said no.

A meeting saw our hall overflow and attendees included several Phegans who had travelled to support the status quo.

It was a hot issue with, as I recall, little local support for homogenisation and loss of identity.

Not much has changed since.

Perhaps the potholes are a bit deeper.

But people still struggle with names, and we grow accustomed to "Phagans Bay", just as those further south must get used to an errant "e" in Horsfield.

Best wishes to those who seek change.

Once this pressing issue is resolved, and whatever the outcome, you'll find my family and I here in Phegans Bay.

Email, 5 Jul 2012

Garry Hopkins, Phegans Bay