Trevor the Dachshund Declares War on Strata Committee, Rostrevor St Braces for Impact

Finn Seabrook | Local Correspondent | Sutherland Shire Gazette

9 September 2025

In what was meant to be a routine Tuesday evening strata meeting, Rostrevor Street’s newest resident, Trevor the Dachshund, arrived late, wearing a knitted vest, and immediately declared himself “Chair for Life.”

The announcement was met with stunned silence, before Tyrah - self-appointed queen of the minutes - accused Trevor of being “dictatorial” and “dropping fur on common property.”

Claudette, meanwhile, pivoted her position three times in five minutes, at one point suggesting Trevor run the sinking fund on the basis he had “the lowest centre of gravity in the room.”

Trevor’s opening policy proposal? Renaming the building “Haus of Trevor” and replacing the foyer pot plants with sausage dog topiary. Tyrah responded by tabling a motion that all pets must use the service lift, despite the building not actually having one. Claudette, in a surprise twist, seconded the motion, then withdrew her support when she realised siding with Trevor might be more lucrative down the track.

The evening descended further when Trevor suggested owners install motion-sensor lighting in the garage to deter “midnight loafers.” Tyrah snapped that such measures were unnecessary, while simultaneously filing a WhatsApp complaint about a neighbour’s bicycle “looking at her funny.”

Local noses, still scarred from last week’s Bundeena whale carcass stench drifting across the bay, were on high alert when Trevor whipped out a tub of Vicks, claiming it was the only way to get through the meeting without gagging on the “odour of incompetence.”

By 9pm, minutes remained unsigned, tempers frayed, and Trevor was spotted scratching at the exit door, muttering about calling an extraordinary meeting “once the humans sort themselves out.”

Rostrevor Street residents are now bracing for an escalation, with Trevor threatening to canvass support from “the good dogs of Cronulla.”