This is what it looks like now (in the 2000s) around the area where I
grew up in the 1970s. Modbury was farmland that became used for
housing around the 1960s. There used to be a few moderately large
fields between some of the blocks of houses, now there's only a few bits
of space left. Nearby Golden Grove used to be all fields until it
was snaffled up for housing around the 1980s, now it's become battery
housing. These photos were taken by myself and a friend using my
digital Polaroid
camera over 2001–2002.
Part of our local creek, where we used to play as kids, though it
used to be more feral
As ever, our creek seems to be a dumping ground, be it pollution or
stolen goods
We still have some areas that look a bit like you're entering a
country town
It used to look more like this, with some fields between housing
blocks
The local reserve, a vast space of nothing save for a paltry
playground (behind the camera). Space is nice, very nice.
But a few more park benches, maybe a picnic table, and equipment for
kids older than toddlers might be an idea.
Another part of the creek, nature struggling against attempts at
landscaping
A bit of almost natural landscape
A field of weeds
Around the local water reservoir
Around the local water reservoir