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I used to look forward to our week-ends, enjoying all that the Noosa area has to offer – canoeing, swimming, walks on the beaches, through the forest and working on our beautiful acreage property. That has all gone by the way-side while I work through the hell of what this Government is forcing me, my family and the rest of the community to go through.

This project has had many adverse consequences – the sleepless nights, the massive financial and emotional cost. The feeling of being helpless in the face of a cynical and pointless government process. Being locked into this process, not being able to get away from it, not having the freedom to move if you want to, knowing you will not be able to stay if it goes ahead and Powerlink destroy your home and lifestyle.

To try and do something positive I stopped work for 6 months to focus on saving our home, our environment and to try to work with Powerlink and State Government together to arrive at a more sustainable solution. It has however, become clear that attempting to deal with bureaucrats and politicians who have already made their decision, who are not interested in the communities input and are involved in an expensive farce called an Environmental Impact Study is like bashing your head against the proverbial brick wall.

On top of a full time job, I am still working on average 25 hours a week on this fight, attempting to get the Government to see sense and this is 18 months and counting. The thing that keeps me going is the sense of community, the great and varied people that make up this area and the knowledge that eventually the people will force the Government to do the right thing. Let’s hope that it is not too late for us all by then.

GS – Old Ceylon Road