The Old Town Prints It's Own Money
With the Canberra forecast at -2c for tomorrow, I miss our old town in Queensland.
Not only is the weather warmer but they think differently up there.
Money worries so town prints its own
They are going to print their own money.
The Baroon Dollar - named after Lake Baroon near Maleny - will be printed and sold at local, independent businesses to encourage locals and visitors to keep buying up locally.
Good luck to Baroon Dollar, I hope the scheme works.
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ABC News: Giulio Saggin, file photo
We wont shop there
The community don't want this supermarket chain in our town.
Against the wishes of 79% of the residents, the Obi Obi Creek now has the foundations layed for a new Supermarket right on its banks.
Before any foundations were dug, the developer publicly offered to sell the block for $2 million. The amount was raised within the community in two days, however the offer was then retracted.
Approximately 150 Police were sent to our quiet little patch to protect the entry of the bulldozers.
So, unless some lazy politician starts doing the job they are paid to do, the only action left to us is to simply NOT SHOP THERE
Silly isn't it...
Related post..Log cams and trouble
Log cams and struggle in our town
The setting
The Obi Obi Creek flows through the center of our town, Maleny, and is home to a thriving colony of Platypus. (Platypus movie-6.5mb)
The struggle.
The proposed construction of a National Chain Supermarket on the banks of the creek and above the Platypus burrows.
..struggle of the Maleny community to protect the town's character and environment from a significant, and inappropriate, Woolworths supermarket development on the bank of the Obi Obi Creek.
During this struggle some protesters near the toilet block noticed some logs on the roof ....
On closer inspection, these logs had THREE SPY CAMS bolted, strapped and glued to them and were connected to an office in the pub next door!!!
Maleny Voice documents the whole saga
Maleny Voice is the excellent online documentation of the whole experience. Sadly it seems the wishes of the majority of the community will be dashed and the Supermarket will be built. Lazy planners, wealthy developers, gutless politicians and log cam coppers will see this supermarket imposed on us and the Platypus..... or just maybe it wont.
All images courtesy of Maleny Voice
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