Eddies story

Dear Mayor,

I am writing this so that you as our representative understands how we feel about the subject of lease free parks in Pyrmont.

We moved to Sydney 5 years ago from Western Australia we originally lived in the hills area and decided to move closer to our business in the city 3 years ago after our dog of 18 years had passed away.

After seeing all the dogs with the residents socialising in the cadi park we decided again to rescue a dog from Monicas pet rescue.

This was the best decision we have ever made not only for the our dog but for ourselves, we have made many wonderful moments with the residents and the dogs. I am sure we would not have made the majority of our friends without the involvement of the socialising of the dogs running around together off leash .

In the last 18 months I have had a brain tumour which severely restricted my movements, I was very ill and was not able to walk very far whilst being treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy together. The highlight of my day was to make the effort to get a distraction and go to the closest park which in our case was Cadi Park with the dog and my wife to enjoy the social aspect of the dogs running together and the people chatting, I am sure this aided my recovery.

At this particular stage I couldn’t have walked the dog on leash or made it to the suggested proposal parks.

If I could address the suggested proposal. It suggested that all the lease free parks are away from the bulk of the population and are generally quite a long walk for all residents and generally uphill.

Surely if you are going to impose this restriction on us surely we could one park down near the water. Ie Cadi Park

You are our representative on the council and I implore you to take note of this viewpoint

Please feel free to ring me at any time if you want to discuss this matter further



Eddie Croft and Deborah Croft
404b/24 Refinery Drive
Pyrmont 2009