"Disgraceful Noise": Local Man Who Warms Up V8 Ute for 15 Minutes Outraged by Neighbour's Rescue Rooster

Finn Seabrook | Local Correspondent | Sutherland Shire Gazette

6 May 2025

A Gymea Bay man has lodged a formal complaint with council over his neighbour’s “incessantly crowing rooster,” despite personally waking the entire street each morning with the thunderous idling of his V8 Commodore ute - which he insists must be warmed up for at least 15 minutes, even in summer.

“I’m not being unreasonable,” said Blake, 23, as his engine blared at 5:07am for no clear mechanical reason. “The ute’s got to be running just right before I drive her half a k to the servo for a coffee and sausage roll. You can’t rush perfection.”

Blake’s complaint centres on Kevin, a rescued rooster who lives next door with Angela, a local yoga instructor and avid animal welfare supporter. Kevin was adopted from a poultry sanctuary after being freed from what Angela calls “an emotionally toxic coop situation.”

Angela, who also lives with two ex-racing greyhounds, a one-eyed cockatoo named Steve, and a guinea pig undergoing trauma-informed therapy, is unfazed. “Kevin has a right to greet the sun. Blake’s car sounds like a Boeing 747 reversing into a saucepan factory.”

Blake insists the real issue is the weekend crowing, which “absolutely ruins the serenity” after big nights at Northies. “I’m trying to recover and all I hear is ERR-ERR-ERR-AWOOO. That’s not right. What happened to Aussie values?”

Council is considering mediation in what is now being referred to as The Great Cock-Off of 2025