DEAR News Of The Area,

I AM horrified at the thought of a Helipad being allowed to operate beside the Anna Bay cemetery.

My only son Joshua is buried there and has been for the past ten years, I and my husband will also be buried there.

We chose this cemetery because of the tranquillity and natural bushland.

We have always been happy with the way the Council has taken good care and maintained the cemetery, even putting in a bench seat for me when I pointed out there wasn’t one down the back area.

This seat helped me greatly over the years where I could sit quietly and grieve, I hate to think how much disturbance these helicopters would cause in such a beautiful peaceful place.

So much so I feel strong enough about this that if the helipad was to go ahead, even as painfully stressful as it would be I would remove my son’s ashes and find a more suitable place of rest for my son and in the future my husband and myself.

Kind regards,

Juanita,
Port Stephens.