DOING IT FOR MY DAD - THE WHITE FAMILY STORY

I would like to introduce myself, my name is Michael White.  I live in Mount Coolum, Queensland on the Sunshine Coast. So did my father Malcolm White and my mother Colleen White whom have recently passed away at the ages of 86 and 85.
In my parents' living years my father brought a piece of Dreamland in North Arm Cove. To him; he thought that the piece of Dreamland would become his place of residence for him and my mum to retire on.

I was 12 years old when my father bought that land and still today I have photos of my father and my older brother and my two friends and myself a few weeks after dad brought the land we camped on the land.  It was so beautiful and we cleared the land with a lawn mower. The road access was a gravel cleared road.

My Dad's journey began when he was a Return Officer in the Vietnam War and later in his older years became a Return Service Officer for the Vietnam Vets in Queensland.  The land my father paid for was in cold hard cash, bought on salesman belief. Dad thought he was going to have an easy living life after returning home from a non-belief War.

Cut a long story short my parents lived in Minto, NSW lived in an old shack saving every penny that they could to build a dream home on their Dreamland in NORTH ARM COVE.  Well over 40 years now still paying for COUNCIL RATES?????? which I would like ask where that money has been spent,,,, definitely not on the surrounding on NORTH ARM COVE because if it was properly been looked after by council fees the place wouldn't look like an overgrowth bushland and the streets that we used to drive down would be still there.

My Dad and Mum were even quoted in the Advertising promotions at the time...and there were words like "Council approved the Torrens Title Sub-division in 1919" which gave my people like my Dad hope that they would be able to build one day soon...

Before my father passed away one day over a cold beer he asked me for one thing in life...I asked
what's was that Dad?  Dad replayed, would you do something for Mum and Myself?  I asked again...what was that Dad?...He said if I pass the NORTH ARM COVE land over to you (me being one of six kids)...would you promise me NOT TO GIVE UP ON MUM'S and HIS DREAMLAND and build a beautiful home on it for us and promise to hand it down the family tree ,,I replied I can only do my best dad ,,he said I have not given up in 40 years and I hope you don't either.

Well here I am today trying to fulfill my DAD and MUM'S DREAM and to make NORTH ARM COVE a beautiful living place for families who have HELD their land for many years and to help their dreams come true just like my parents wanted. I would love to build a beautiful sustainable ECO-FRIENDLY SELF MANAGABLE HOME for my long term family fellows and pass it on as too, just like what my DAD WANTED.

My Dad's land is only one street away from the NORTH ARM COVE VILLAGE that has been there now for years. We share same dirt same rock same air that we breathe and we share the same vegetation growth and WE AS ONE should have the same rights as NORTH ARM COVE VILLAGE and the same rights as every living landonwer in this county WE CALL HOME.  AUSTRALIA.
I've attached a photo when my dad and brother cleared the land 40 years ago.