My Ideal Mount Druitt Hub & Suburbs - What is Your Ideal Mount Druitt?

Many times, I think about positive changes and I'm sure there are others in our Mount Druitt area that think the same. The positive  changes that bring that many little improvements that one day, Mount Druitt will be spoken of or remembered as a great place to live and be in.

I know it is a great place to live and I know Mount Druitt has thousands on thousands of great people living in our area, making their own improvements within our communities, in their own way.

What we need to do is think ahead and throw in ideas of what changes can make Mount Druitt  a big difference on the modern map of our of  positive recognition. Make this place where people come and stay for long time or even for ever.

Thinking of changes is easy. Thinking of changes and getting people to agree for positive changes in lives is a  bit less easier. It needs to be communicated by what ever means possible professionally and in very nice ways. After people agree to positive changes, then comes the 'Stake Holders' listening and reacting in a politically correct way. The hard part is the waiting, the wondering is anyone listening? Are they actually responding and taking action, to what is to be done? They haven't responded - what is happening?

Yes, these are the thoughts that I used to think about and yet I do not think the same now. The reason being is that after 7 years of emails and talking to politicians, posting blogs, bureaucrats  and politicians local, State and Federal that I know they will respond, when they know it is right to respond. Not for themselves but for  and on behalf of their community, our community within Mount Druitt.

So, one major change is making an opening entrance at Westfield Mount Druitt facing Mount Druitt bus interchange. The opening would be made by  the space between Woolworth's and  Best & Less, This allows  train and bus commuters to become shoppers. This allows better access to and from Shops,  to and from Mount Druitt Bus Interchange, making life that much easier. It just means there is station Westfield guards inviting  people to the shopping centre. The loss of three-four shops, could be  picked elsewhere.

I admit this is a great idea from my friend, Ron Vorbach from whyilovemountdruitt Face Book Group, an idea I am carrying on forward on his behalf. I actually thought it was a brilliant idea. At this stage I cannot see it happening in the near future but if we persist with gentleness, we hopefully will get there.

All exit/entries points to Westfield Mount Druitt, should have "Kiss & Ride Only Zones", allowing for  pick up/drop off customers and their shopping items. The only principle here is to not be a 'Waiting Zone' for pick the customers Customers must be ready!

 A suggestion to offer prizes, for example; $1,000.00 Westfield gift card voucher - for shopper of the week, $500.00 Westfield gift card voucher for 2nd prize, 3rd prize $100 Westfield gift card  voucher and 10 smaller prizes of $40 Westfield gift card voucher  each! Just a thought to entice customers to bring more  shoppers at Mount Druitt or even keep on shopping at Mount Druitt. This is a small promotion to entice people to shop in the centre.

Full road pedestrian access in all traffics leading to the centre;  allowing pedestrian access across all roads, support through Blacktown City Count Transport Division and NSW Roads & Maritime Services. Easier access to the centre means more people shopping, masking it that much easier to using all their shopping services.


At Westfield Mount Druitt, from the foot paths surrounding Westfield, we need pathways from major traffic lights to direct pedestrians, even with safer pedestrian crossings, leading to the entrances of Westfield Mount Druitt. Simple direction signs showing the pathway to entrances and to traffic lights. 'Walkways to successful shopping".

In Mount Druitt Town Square, I'd like to see colorful garden beds besides the Post Office boxes and even a community vegetable garden that can be shared, provided and maintained by Blacktown City Council. Even a super Botanical garden that will en-capture the native birds and native flowers of our local area and State.

Floral garden beds in between car parks, even at the top car park, so it is  such a beautiful place to come to, including at North Parade, Mount Druitt,where the with proper regular maintenance

Westfield Mount could text specials to everyone that has a mobile phone around the area, as well as advertising specials on their face book group as well and website.

Maps of  Westfield Mount Druitt with touch pad answers, where to find shops. Evacuation signs leading to an evacuation assembly points. 

If a Workplace Health and Safety incident occurs,  announcements made by Westfield Mount Druitt PA system, rolling flashing signs/messages on electronic boards - notices are a calming affect!

A  'Free Shuttle Bus' that travels from the industrial  business area of Whalan, into Mount Druitt bus interchange along North Parade, head along past SGAC, left into Sherwood Street, where the Rooty Hill RSL and Novotel Rooty Hill is. Then turn left into Railway Street, past the Mount Druitt hospital, left in to Luxford Road, left into Shop Smart, Zoe Place, turn  right into Mount Street, left back into Luxford Road, left into  Wainwright Road, Whalan and left into Kurrajong Road, right into Belmore Road, Left into North Parade and  back into Mount Druitt bus interchange, as per the  genius suggestion of Blake Bardowski' as per below map:  



 
This map has been approved by Blacktown City Council and a bus service into the Mount Druitt hospital has additionally provided since. Basically shoppers can leave and come back to Westfield Mount Druitt  on a looping bus service.

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Local Aboriginal and Australian art/craft work displayed especially if it is remnants of the Darug tribe on walls outside shops or as a gallery throughout the store.

A well planned playground area for the children 4 years or under which is safe and secure. A child minding place that parents could leave with care, with professional qualified child carers, whilst parents do their shopping at a minimal cost.

Strong roofs that ensure dripping ceilings do not appear, regular maintenance checks

With the Mount Druitt Community Fair, I would like to see Marching Bands, clowns, comedians, even a Miss Mount Druitt judging competition - entrants represented from all suburbs represents Mount Druitt. Eventually I would like to see more ideas for fairs coming from within the community, having greater input.


Within Westfield  Mount Druitt, Secured car parks, with 24 hour security camera's and around  the outskirts, request Mount Druitt Police patrolling the area, making it a safer area and  reducing crime.


Numbered car space draws (each car space numbered) - offering prizes, at Westfield, so they can win premium car spaces, for example. Announcements made - maybe a lucky winner a day- prizes determined by Westfield Centre Management. Maybe a  premium parking place for a day.

Beautiful colored, in fact different brightly colored paint on different buildings along Dawson Mall, providing a changing image and  a bright attitude to life within the Mount Druitt hub. This will spruce up the area and  make life more colorful for the community people of Mount Druitt.

Woolworth's Petrol Station to make way for  an extension of the Mount Druitt bus interchange, catering for the growth of bus commuters for now and the  future years to come. Brightly colored fences within Mount Druitt bus interchange. Bus Shelters fully covered and sheltered from rain in wet weather days.

Flagpoles that provide signage in North Parade, Carlisle Avenue and Luxford Roads and Mount Druitt draped in colors that brighten our lives, something we are proud of. Maybe Yellow one week, green the next week, blue the following and so on, relevance to the colors of life. Mount Druitt bus interchange paint colored in the same way as mentioned in beautiful colors. All of these provide a  slightly better mentally stable community, 'pride amongst ourselves'.

With Mount Druitt Commuter Car Park, I do think it needs another level or 2 to be added and with with the Mount Druitt Train Station an extension of  the train station (widening)to cater for peak  periods, where queues on queues are forming.

I would like to see - maybe incorporated in the Mount Druitt festival competition for singers, dancers, inclusive of buskers or a special day of the year (on a Saturday) dedicated to "Singers and  Dancers".

What we also need is more shared cycle paths interconnecting themselves around North and also South Mount Druitt (Mount Druitt Village). The overpass on Carlisle Avenue over the Western Line- to include shared pathway for pedestrians and cyclists. 

More frequent bus services earlier and later services, catering for  commuters that need those extra services, to get to community events, places, houses and shops.

The extreme that I would like implemented within the Hub of Mount Druitt is total non-smoking banning within the hub itself,. Why should  non-smokers suffer passive smokers smoking around them. I understand of the freed o f life and  community - but is it freedom when a smoker leaves a trail of smoke behind them , knowing that the 'non-smoker will cop it!

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My ideal Mount Druitt would have people happy with each other, every day, people going to school  reaching their best results, preparing themselves for their great adult years.

My ideal Mount Druitt, would have pathways cleaned up every day, in every community. People would be able to have more 'well being parks', to relax and get fit.

So what is your ideal Mount Druitt?