The Battle for Windsor Bridge Personal Stories Edited by Cheryl Ballantyne and Michael Campbell I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. - Mother Teresa Within these pages are moving personal stories told straight from the hearts, minds and souls of people who value Australia’s earliest European heritage, Windsor’s amenity and responsible government spending. We implore our political representatives, and those who can influence them, to read these stories and to stop the plan to remove Windsor Bridge and instead, to build a bypass to solve the growing traffic problem. The Battle for Windsor Bridge- Personal Stories Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Purpose of The Battle for Windsor Bridge – Personal Stories ......................................................... 7 Do you want to have a say? ............................................................................................................... 8 Section One: Personal Stories and Anecdotes ................................................................................. 9 Personal Stories ................................................................................................................................ 10 Robyn Allan .................................................................................................................................... 10 Roger Austin ................................................................................................................................... 10 Cheryl Ballantyne ............................................................................................................................ 11 Ian Biddle and Maree McDermott .................................................................................................. 12 Sandy Boyd ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Nina Butler ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Noel Butler ...................................................................................................................................... 19 Janelle Cameron .............................................................................................................................. 20 Michael Campbell ........................................................................................................................... 21 James Cassidy ................................................................................................................................. 23 Sandra Clark .................................................................................................................................... 25 Christine Cook ................................................................................................................................ 26 Jan Davis ......................................................................................................................................... 27 Paula Dorian ................................................................................................................................... 27 Cindy Drew ..................................................................................................................................... 28 Michael Eggleton ............................................................................................................................ 29 Mehreen Faruqi MP ........................................................................................................................ 30 Yvonne (Eve) Foster ....................................................................................................................... 31 Lesley George ................................................................................................................................. 32 Sara Marly Gow .............................................................................................................................. 33 Roger Grealy ................................................................................................................................... 33 Michael Greentree ........................................................................................................................... 34 David Griffiths ................................................................................................................................ 34 Lesley Hayes ................................................................................................................................... 36 Diana Hazard ................................................................................................................................... 37 Donna Marie Holmes ...................................................................................................................... 38 P.L. Hincks ...................................................................................................................................... 39 Paul Houston ................................................................................................................................... 40 Libby Hyett ..................................................................................................................................... 40 2 The Battle for Windsor Bridge- Personal Stories Lynne Ingham. ................................................................................................................................ 41 John Jose ......................................................................................................................................... 41 Claudia Khouri ................................................................................................................................ 43 Frank Klamka .................................................................................................................................. 44 Jonathan Laird ................................................................................................................................. 48 Donna Lendon ................................................................................................................................. 49 David Livingstone ........................................................................................................................... 50 Helen Mackay ................................................................................................................................. 50 Robyn Marriott ................................................................................................................................ 53 Pauline McKelvey ........................................................................................................................... 55 Cheryle-ann Mclean ........................................................................................................................ 56 Dail Miller ....................................................................................................................................... 57 Geoff Moxon ................................................................................................................................... 59 Katherine Nicholson Elizabeth Nicholson Daniel Schembri. ......................................................... 60 Robin Oxenbury .............................................................................................................................. 60 Chris Paine ...................................................................................................................................... 61 James Parbery .................................................................................................................................. 63 John and Gae Parmenter .................................................................................................................. 65 Joan Peats ........................................................................................................................................ 67 Sue Pitt ............................................................................................................................................ 69 Joe Portelli ....................................................................................................................................... 69 Peter Reynolds ................................................................................................................................ 71 Tony and Margaret Reynolds .......................................................................................................... 72 Senator Lee Rhiannon ..................................................................................................................... 74 Robyne Ridge .................................................................................................................................. 75 Lynette Robinson ............................................................................................................................ 76 Bert Romijn ....................................................................................................................................