Bay loses its tranquility

Over the years Woy Woy Bay is losing its tranquillity.

Once the place was characterised by a peaceful beauty.

Increasingly the peace is being lost to the sounds of lawnmowers, whipper snippers and chain saws.

Sometimes they buzz, whistle and scream all day.

Then there are leaf blowers and on the weekends the relentless sounds of powerboats screaming around the waterfront.

A few weekends ago, an otherwise perfect Sunday was shattered when one resident ran a mulcher, whipper snipper and mower for the entire day.

Another local resident chooses to irritate the hell out of the neighbourhood with a leaf blower on the weekends.

A broom would be equally effective and give the person well-needed exercise too.

So now on the weekend when I want to relax, I need to go inside and shut all the windows for quiet.

Then it gets too hot and I need to switch on the air conditioner to keep cool.

Then I complain about the growing power bill.

Annoyed I can't listen to real nature anymore, I bought an enormous new flat screen so I could watch nature shows, and then my power bill gets even bigger.

The neighbours are now complaining about how noisy my air conditioner is.

They haven't heard the start of it yet, as I am going to buy some really irritating noisy garden tools on special to join in the general chorus of polluting, time wasting and irritating inventions.

I will start a competition to compare who can have the most irritating machine.

Actually, I think the best thing would be to get rid of all the moronic machines and then I can get rid of the air conditioner, the big TV, use less energy and enjoy the weekends again while getting exercise with the manual garden tools.

Letter, 14 Oct 2010 Sandy Stone, Woy Woy Bay