Played with the
Georges River Concert Band at the
No Coles in Oatley protest on Sunday. There's a picture of us
here.
Was quite a good gig, I don't play in concert bands very often now so enjoy it when I get the chance. Liz was still sleeping due to nightwork so missed out.
As for the reason we played, well check the protest site for details, but suffice to say that Oatley is a pretty unique little suburb, has a supermarket already, and doesn't fit well at all with lots of semi-trailers delivering food to a supermarket that the vast majority of residents don't want.
The reasonably impressive (strong words from me)
Hurstville Council is
siding with the residents, but the Land and Environment court continues to overrule and allow the developers free reign.