ANNIE PINCHIN

Tarragindi used to be sleepy little suburbia with lots of trees and leafy backyards many bird species and local wildlife. Often all you could hear was the birds chatting away on a sunny day. That's all been changed now the Council has allowed splitter blocks and we have massive houses being built on postage stamp sized allotments with no trees, purely to cater to the trendies who just want a new house with no yard and no links to the community. What's the point of suburbia if you don't have a backyard? The suburb is becoming noisy with more people crowding in and hotter thanks to our local councillor allowing the removal of many old growth trees lining the streets. Street parking is becoming scarce; there are more houses and fewer spaces on the street for visitors to park. A large percentage of existing residents would like to see a ban on splitter blocks and a ban on old growth tree removal to maintain the leafy aesthetics of the suburb. One thing Tarragindi does lack is good local restaurants and coffee shops with easy parking; that could be a blessing if one looks at the overcrowding suffered in other trendy inner suburbs.