KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT
A cavalcade of garbage trucks have been waved through the streets of Betoota this morning, as the local community gathered to bid farewell to their most cherished summer appliances.
In scenes reminiscent of Patriots Day, more than half of the community scrambled out onto the streets this morning, to dump their beloved Anko pedestal fans onto the footpath and into council pick up.
With the cool autumnal change starting to seep in, many residents have begun to swap their thongs for uggs boots, switch from poke bowls to hearty stews and dispose of their plastic fans that have worked all summer.
Speaking to local uni student Pip Phillips (28), this morning provided a chance to say goodbye to a home accessory that’s comforted her since November.
“I’m not sure why I’m getting so emotional, it was pretty useless if I’m honest,” Pip told the Advocate as she dried a few tears from her cheeks.
“Even on full blast it felt like I was getting air blown on me by an asthmatic with a paper straw.”
As a struggling student who cops it all summer long in a sharehouse with no air-con, Pip says she dreams of the day she can afford a fan that lasts longer than three months.
“Maybe next year Mum might sink $200 into Harvey Norman for me and get me a brand name one, a Mitsubishi or Tefal one.”
“Or even a Dyson. Although they’re pretty much just as useless, at least they look better than this black plastic hat stand I’ve just dumped into the tip.”
