EPISODE 33 - Good Neighbours: “Farms, Turbines + Towns” Crookwell NSW
“Farms, Turbines + Towns”
Gundungurra Country, (Crookwell, NSW)
Dimity Taylor lives with her family less than 2 km from the Gullen Range Wind Farm.
Dimity's neighbor isn't Mrs Mangles—it's a wind farm.
Dimity loves to watch the turbines at sundown, relaxing with her family, enjoying the view.
Powering more than 70,000 homes, the wind farm is also a cherished part of the community who are reaping the benefits now.
Showing up as a really good neighbour, grants from the wind farm support local favorites, like the pony club, Crookwell Devils Junior Rugby League and community hall, where bookclubs and a community space bring people together.
As a physio and health worker, she has no worries living near a wind farm.
According to Dimity, nor do the sheep, the horse or the dog mind living near the turbines.
While Dimity is deeply concerned about the health impacts of climate change, she says the wind turbines calm her, knowing they are creating a safer, more secure, healthier + affordable renewable energy future for her kids and everyone in the region.
EPISODES
09:46 mins
Meet Simon Tickner, food, fibre and wind farmer. For 50 years, Simon's farm has thrived under transmission lines.
10:30 mins
Tony Wolfe + Darren McCubbin are two Gippsland locals, amped about the jobs, economic + community benefits offshore wind is bringing to their region.
11:09 mins
Dimity Taylor loves living with her family next to the Wind Farm. She says, the sheep don't mind, the horse doesn't mind, the dog doesn't mind.
09:50 mins
Meet Ed Suttle, an Angus beef cattle farmer. Ed's a driving force behind one of Australia's largest community-owned solar farms.
12:45 mins
Meet coal miner, Darryl + local mum Ali, two Illawarra locals welcoming offshore wind to "The Gong”.
