Golf Buggies On Collision Course

Illawarra Mercury

Saturday September 21, 2002

Six golf buggies have caused a rift in the tiny car-less community of Dangar Island with allegations of tyre-slashing in the dead of night.

There has been an agreement on the island, a 15-minute ferry ride from Brooklyn in Sydney's far north, not to have privately-owned vehicles.

But the golf buggies are tearing the community apart.

A recent survey of residents showed 89 per cent wanted to retain the pedestrian character of the island that has one council-owned ute to transport the elderly and disabled.

In recent weeks however, the issue has turned nasty with some buggy drivers complaining of slashed tyres.

© 2002 Illawarra Mercury

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