Yvonne McDougall - R.I.P. - 'You'll Always Be With Us Ensuring Buses Are Moving Around Mount Druitt!'

Today, we are all saddened with the horriffic news that has stunned our Bus Lobby Group, Whalan and wider Mount Druitt community. Yvonne McDougall, Secretary of the 'Whalan Community Action Group' and a prominent strong supporting member of 'Save Our Bus Services, Mount Druitt And Surrounding Suburbs,' has today passed away.

We are not certain in the manner that her life has been taken away, yet we all feel for her and her family who are suffering her sudden loss. Yvonne as a backbone to the 'Whalan Community action Group' will be wholeheartedly missed by all members (inclusive of myself). Yvonne was inspirational in our group - when I first met her I saw her her as highly educated woman , with exceptional shills in understanding local community knowledge as well as having a complete understanding of dealings with all tiers of government and community issues.

Yvonne had attended our petition day at Whalan shops, the inaugural meeting of 'Save Our Bus Services, Mount Druitt And Surrounding Suburbs', she in fact was the actual one that named our group, she assisted in our community meeting at Whalan Community, she assisted in two further Community Meetings at Dawson Mall, she was one of our 6 delegation of members that represented Mount Druitt to the New South Wales Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, she attended all of our monthly meetings, she represented us on the 20th February 2010 at the Western Sydney Transport Users Group Meeting and also our showing of 'Blake's Way!' to the community at Hoyts, Mount Druitt.

This is just a short list of Yvonne's commitment to our group as well as she was part of our thinking tank that provided a lot of valuable input to get the bus services we got back in Mount Druitt, this year.

So To Yvonne's family - on behalf of our group I would like to offer our condolences and wish them strength as they realise the legacy she has past down to us will be always remembered, in our kind hearts.

'Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.'