Please save our sand

Erosion along parts of Umina-Ettalong waterfront is alarming.

Sand obstructs the path and washes into gutters, blocking drains.

A recent SBS program showed that, in India, sand is such a valuable commodity (for cement in the burgeoning construction industry) that the Mafia have moved in, destroying communities to mine sand.

We have no Mafia in Umina-Ettalong.

We just let our sand go to waste.

Our beach becomes narrower each year.

Foot and bike paths are obstructed.

Blocked gutters cause a flooded and dangerous road.

Come on, Central Coast Council.

The tourist value alone on this Peninsula is worth saving.

Please save our sand.

Email, 1 Apr 2017

Mary Newhouse, Ettalong