Bunnings is my favourite place to shop next to ebay. Bunnings offers so much in terms of repairs, upgrades, plants, landscaping. Everything to improve your home and hobbies . In a world where we should be sustainable it offers a lot so that you can maintain and repair things. It offers practical help and such a huge range of goods. When trouble shooting a lot of issues at home or for my hobbies, I have always found what I have needed at Bunnings and it has made such a difference. They offer helpful videos online to help solve many house maintenance issues. They have helped me stay creative when it comes to repairing hobby equipment, toys and my home. They welcome children and offer little trolleys but they talk to them too and make them enthusiastic about all these things they can see. Last time I had my three year old grand daughter with me when I was buying paint. She was desperate to see over the counter to see all the things to do with paint an the mixing machine. The man was talking to her and she was asking things. She was given a colouring book and pencils by him. That made her day. She had socialised , learned a lot , been fascinated and then had some colouring to do of her own.
So it is with a positive attitude to Bunnings that I approach this article about the good people of Brunswick, in Victoria, fighting having a Bunnings in their area. It is a massive building which commands the landscape. In my area it is a good landmark to help orientate others in the area. They cannot miss Bunnings and so if they are looking for the beach or the train station you can direct them easily. I understand some areas need to keep the integrity of their landscape and lifestyle and not have massive eyesore buildings destroying land, habitat and horizons.
I feel this is a missed opportunity, though. Most people benefit from Bunnings , judging how any Bunnings here is always so busy. It supplies a lot and encourages people to get active and make good changes. The Brunswick people have every right to block a building which would disrupt the look and feel of their area. Bunnings has tried to negotiate and has tried to adapt to the surroundings. This is a great chance for an area to really negotiate with a big, successful company and find a way, both architectually and functionally, of adapting a building to its new surroundings. Is it possible? Do we have architects and planners who can think outside the big box in a very real sense?
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