NoSourKraut

Whilst Tallowwood Place, with its glorious mountain views, is a very beautiful place to live and there are probably some nice people living in the street, UNFORTUNATELY since moving here in 2006 numerous complaints have been lodged against us, including (but not only):

After three complaints were lodged with the Noosa Council, namely a 'odour nuisance' complaint, a complaint about 'grass clippings on the road after mowing the footpath/nature strip' and a 'odour and fly problem' complaint, two department heads of the Noosa Council inspected our property and found that we engage in good environmental practices whilst no bad odour or fly problem was evident.

But despite that, a further 'unpleasant smell' complaint was received by Noosa Council thereafter.

Following a complaint claiming excessive dog barking from the FRONT deck of our house, which was lodged with the Sunshine Coast Regional Council, we were able to point to security camera footage showing that our dog was on the BACK deck at the time in question and that any barking by our dog was well within the 6 minutes per hour day time and 3 minutes per hour after hours limit set by Sunshine Coast Regional Council.

In early September 2008, an inspector of the Queensland Department of Primary Industries was upset that he had to waste four hours on travel regarding an unsubstantiated animal welfare complaint lodged with the RSPCA in that all our animals were found to be well-fed and in reasonable condition with no evidence of any parasites.

Most recently, I found myself charged by Cooroy Police with 'dangerous operation of a vehicle' (constituting a criminal charge) even though I had not lost a single demerit point for more than 16 years. Based on SIX people having made statements to Cooroy Police it was subsequently claimed that, at a speed of 30-40 km/h (Tallowwood Place has a 60 km/h speed limit), I had SHARPLY swerved towards two pedestrians walking towards me in the gutter at a blind bend of the TWO-LANE road in Tallowwood Pl at Black Mountain in Queensland and that I then had swerved away to avoid colliding with the pedestrians.

In the end, that is at start of the trial at the Noosa Magistrates Court, even the police prosecutor suggested to the magistrate to save court time and offered to reduce the matter to a traffic fine. Whilst the neighbourhood's complaints history is noted in the court record, I was also not disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver's license and, of course, no conviction was recorded.

It is unfortunate that some people in this neighbourhood will say and do anything in attempts to get rid of those residents whom they do not like. For instance, another false and malicious allegation which continues to be made is that I am supposedly a paedophile even though officers from the Cooroy Police Station investigated this allegation long since and found no evidence. At other times I am called a stalker, called mentally ill, etc. Similarly, my wife is being labelled in very unflattering terms. My objections to being called a paedophile in the end resulted in a police officer from the Cooroy Police Station saying: "...just because you're being called a paedophile doesn't make you one!".

A further repeated false claim is that I have had a heart attack and there are useless attempts to try to upset me followed by persons either patting their chest or calling out "tick tock, tick tock!".

When a terminally ill relative stayed with us for a short period of time and she and her husband went for walks in our front yard, a number of cars repeatedly drove alongside them at snail's pace whilst the occupants of these cars deliberately stared at the couple because of the use of an oxygen cylinder.

In summary: Whilst Tallowwood Pl is a very beautiful Cooroy location, the human element may currently leave some things to be desired...