Isn’t Google Earth amazing? This is a satellite view of our neighborhood.
This post is a gripe about the tennis courts being locked. You can see them towards the top left in the open paddock.
When we moved here and for more than a year afterward the courts were always open and anyone could play when there was no competition or practice happening.
The Corriedale Park courts are the home of the Uniting Church Tennis Club, but I assume it’s a council-owned facility.
Most of the other tennis courts in Mount Gambier remain open for public use. We’ve been driving to West Gambier for a hit, which is annoying given these courts are just across the road from where we live.
Australia has a great tradition in tennis.
Australians are outdoors people and we’re blessed with great summer weather. Whereas public tennis courts are scarce in Europe, they are common here.
It annoys me that these particular courts are now locked.
There was no history of vandalism, as far as I’m aware. Occasionally there was broken glass on the courts, but as my son pointed out, that can still happen. Someone simply has to throw a bottle over the fence.
I have never seen the nets damaged.
Come on Uniting Church and/or Mount Gambier City Council. Unlock the courts.
