The other day Linda, from O'Brien Street, North Mount Druitt, shas been marking a mark in the community by notifying Council of graffiti on fences that need to be removed. As soon as the graffiti artists attacked the fences, she was onto it.
She also has stepped outside her community role, by previously walking up and down her street, pick up rubbish dropped around by other community members, leaving a clean, beautiful and respectful street. Now she finds Blacktown City Council, acting responsible and cleans up her street within reasonable amount of time. Also Council has been terrific in responding to cleaning off graffiti off unnecessary fences.
William Mason Reserve North Mount Druitt, she remembers used to be used for burning out of cars and the children's playground area used to be used on the north west bushy area of the park, where there was drug addicts using needles. The redesign of the park, has planned for the children's park to be in a better area.
Again we have a 'champion' in Mount Druitt, probably a silent 'champion' but a champion in her own right.
In Mount we have a wide diverse of people coming from all over the world and of course some people may believe in their own customers, trying to retain them in Australia. There may be one or two cultures that only believe in cleaning their own home and compound. When it comes to outside then they may be left to others and maybe that's a culture, us Australians have instilled within ourselves. I think to reduce Council's cost for street rubbish, we need for Council to promote campaigns like 'Your cleaner rubbish is your community's cleaner rubbish!'
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