At the last Federal election pre-poll voting was available at the deserted National Australia Bank branch in Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy.
Woy Woy is like Rome; all roads lead there.
All the bus routes were close by and it was only a hundred metres from the railway station.
Pretty convenient.
Why then has pre-polling for Saturday’s State election been moved to the Peninsula Community Centre?
This site is only serviced by three buses routes: No. 50 Woy Woy – Umina Beach via Ocean Beach Rd and Cowper Rd; No. 54 Woy Woy – Umina Beach, Pearl Beach, Patonga via Cogra Rd and Trafalgar Ave; and No. 55 Gosford – Woy Woy, Umina Beach, Ettalong Beach via Ocean Beach Rd.
If you reside anywhere else and rely on public transport you will need to catch four buses or two trains and two buses to vote.
A bus or train to Woy Woy railway station, a bus to the polling booth and the same to get home.
Well, there is half a day gone.
One would wonder who came up with this oh so very inconvenient site and who approved it?
Another example of bureaucrats making decisions without consulting the local residents.
Email, Mar 19
Laurie Powell, Woy Woy