We are dairy farmers (not anti or pro green, too busy to care really!) and have endured the stench for some five years, absolutely loathe to voice a complaint as being country people we just didn't want to make waves. We have seen families leave the district, seen beautiful Western Victorian farms totally worthless as no one could possibly buy them as you can't live with the smell. This means our wonderful little town loses school pupils, footballers and all that enriches a country town. It is beyond awful.

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So here is what you can expect. Stinging eyes, sore throats, no Christmases at your place (you just wouldn't do that to your family), the actual taste of the smell getting into your stomach and making you feel sick, a once per week semi load of dead poultry being dumped and the following few days will be indescribable, no hanging clothes on the line as the smell gets into them and into your home, no assistance from the EPA as they want to be seen to be pro-green and composting makes them look good so you will get no help there, trucks entering at all hours of the night regardless of the opening hours and especially public holidays! You will be told that only household organic waste and the likes will utilise the facility. Of course more contracts and deals are done with various companies and you won't want to know what are in the back if those trucks. Speaking of trucks they will be coming from all directions, they are loud, and in a hurry.

So, if like us you reside within three kilometres of your new compost site that I am sure was sold to you like a modern non-smelling facility that is almost being built as a favour to you, well God help you. Oh and the people who are voting for this life-wrecking facility, would they have it in their street? Of course not. Shame on them, I can assure you your lives will never be the same. I am so very sorry for those affected. You will simply be stuck with it with no support and no help from anyone. This is something you would not wish on your worst enemy.