Meet Melton, officially part of Melbourne, but crying out for city services

Melton residents Melanie Gottfried and Kerry Tier ride their horses through the local KFC. Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian

Kerry Tier and Melanie Gottfried ride into the KFC drive-through on horseback to collect their meals. The pair used to go to Hungry Jack’s, but a new manager who arrived from out of town banned them.

“She had a coronary when she saw us,” Tier says. “People think we’re weirdos.”