the merry go round in the sea by randolph stow

'The merry go round is much more than a pot hole. Geraldton businessman Graham Eaton says he finds those comments offensive. Geraldton Greenough Mayor Ian Carpenter likens the merry go round to a pot hole in a road, saying council needs to carry out its duty of care. If they didn't, they wouldn't do things like the teenage girl who recently sailed around Australia.' 'Children have got to have a sense of adventure. 'Everything is dangerous as soon as we get out of our cots, but you can't just wrap kids up in cotton wool. Harry Moorhead, in his eighties, is a lifelong resident of the Mid West and believes society is becoming over-regulated. Lewis collected more than 350 signatures from residents opposed to the decision and this week forced the Geraldton Greenough Council to hold a special electors meeting to discuss the issue.Įmotions were running deep as one by one residents took the stand to tell the council what they thought. I think they need to realise the community likes this.' 'I hope the council realise it's not just a piece of wood that they can bolt down. 'We've spent much of our childhood playing on the merry go round and have had so much fun. 'There's no point fighting for something unless it means a lot to you. Residents believe the council is taking the easy way out.ġ4 year-old Nagle Catholic College student Lewis Freer is spearheading a campaign to have the decision reversed. Unfortunate timing, coincidental or insensitive?Īccording to city officers, a risk assessment deemed the structure 'inherently unsafe' and the only option was to decommission the merry go round and remove its primary swinging and rotational element. Just days after Randolph Stow passed away, in May this year, the city of Geraldton Greenough sent a team of engineers to disable the iconic merry go round. Inspired by the coming of age classic, local builder and historian Max Cramer built a replica merry go round under a giant Moreton Bay fig tree on the Geraldton foreshore.įor more than two decades, it's provided endless hours of enjoyment and adventure for generations of kids, and captured the hearts and imagination of a community. When one of WA's literary greats Randolph Stow penned the classic novel 'Merry Go round In the Sea' he captured the wonder and sense of adventure of growing up in the coastal town of Geraldton.

The merry go round in the sea by randolph stow