by Linton Hodsdon
$30.00 AUD
Category: LOCAL AUTHORS
The Guide is an authoritative account of how Margaret River evolved from a bridge ( built in 1894 AD ) over a river, in an unfashionable corner of the western spiral arm of the British Empire, into an international icon of fine wine, good food and environmental awareness ¿and particularly how the last 5
years of the 20thcentury changed the place forever ( or atleast for the 50 years of the Coles supermarket carpark lease ! ) or until good governance is won.This fascinating and riveting story tells of the great efforts the people of a small village applied to building a sustainable community from the sleepy little backwater of the 1960s into an internationally famous town in the 1990s, and of the Bureaucratic Raiders who sought to indebt the community to the will of economic overlords and ecological vandals. Evidence of incompetence, corruption and negligence is detailed to explain how the systems of Local Government were used to thwart the efforts of a trusting community. May the Guide be of use to anybody seeking to positively participate in their local government. Democracy is self-determination, with respect and equality for the individuals within a community ¿ appreciate it and exercise it, or loose it ! Architecture, history, legislation, politics, sociology, town planning and optimizing the luxury of Spaceship Earth. We are trim-tabs of sustainability ¿ seek to keep it balanced.
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