Avaiation enthusiast Ben Ford, 9, is a big fan of living next door to Sydney Airport / Pic: Adam Taylor Source: The Daily Telegraph
IT'S the Ford family's dream home - hemmed in on three sides by a busy highway, a noisy railway line and one of Sydney Airport's runways.
From his backyard at Tempe, Cam Ford could take a pitching wedge and chip a golf ball on to an A380, a semi-trailer and a diesel locomotive, if the bounces were favourable. But this father-of-one isn't complaining.
In fact, he loves it.
"You can almost touch the A380s as they fly in, it's a fantastic view," he said.
Plus, there's an unexpected benefit in the hotter months.
"The wake turbulence gives us a nice breeze through the house as the wind falls from the wings, the curtains flap as it comes through."
Mr Ford has dubbed his beloved pad "Sydney's Castle" after the 1997 Aussie film in which family man Darryl Kerrigan refuses to give up his home near a busy airport.
"The planes aren't bad, you get used to them. I could see it was going to be noisy when I moved in," Mr Ford said.
Mr Ford's love of the house is shared by his son Ben, 9.
"I like the planes because they're big and make a whip noise as they come past. I like to come out and watch them."
There are rare moments of peace, when the wind direction forces a change in the runways - or during the blissful seven-hour airport curfew.
Then again, there is no curfew for the trains and trucks, which rumble past just metres from the house.
"The trains are much louder and go later. They idle for 45 minutes and we get smothered in their diesel fumes," Mr Ford said.
"I wish they'd park further away. It's cruel.
"They honk their horns at 4am in the morning and the siren wails when the trains back in because of the level crossing, even when nobody's around. They should use lights instead. They're the worst noise polluters - it's a 24-hour operation.
"I should see if I can knock out the siren with my driver," the keen golfer said.
Mr Ford has complained to rail authorities about the train noise, but with little success.
"What are our rights with non-complying trains and noise regulations? They're old and not quiet," he said.
Then there are the semi-trailers waiting to deliver containers to the nearby depot, which are sometimes in a queue of 10 out the front of the house.
With trucks crowding the street, ordinary day-to-day activities become difficult.
"The garbos don't come because of the wait at the intersection," Mr Ford said.
"We only see them every few weeks."
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