Not in touch with the common person

On Australia Day, I started off volunteering my time from 7:40am as part of Woy Woy Bowling Club bowls committee putting up flags, buttering bread rolls with mates, raising flags, organising trivia and thong throwing competitions and having a few beers.

Then, after a great day of bowls and trivia, I headed home.

Unfortunately Gosford Council spoiled my day by sending a terrorist into our midst.

A council employee had been sent out to book fellow Australians, some local and some out of town Aussies.

Their crime was terrible.

They parked their trailers on or near a block of land on the corner of Burge Rd and Brick Wharf Rd.

They'd never hurt a flea, never made a pedestrian take a sideway step.

Council doesn't have a sign that says you can't park like this but what is more important is that Council is not in touch with the common person.

They paid a ranger penalty rates on Australia Day to rip off other Australians and totally ruin their day.

Fair dinkum.

Are they that desperate for cash that they have to make locals and tourists go boating further north?

If that is the case, they should take a long hard look at their own failings and explain to the poor, humble rate payers why we can't find adequate parking around Lions Park boat ramp and surrounding areas.

Email, 27 Jan 2016

John Orm, Woy Woy