Nature at work

Volunteers from the Peninsula Dune Care group recently did their annual clean up by pruning the vegetation at Town Beach, in front of the Ettalong Club.

Many passers by stopped and commented.

Many were surprised that this area was so neglected by the council.

Some wondered if there was an ulterior motive.

It is now possible to get down the walkways to the beach and it is more comfortable to walk along the footpath without getting scratched.

It is interesting to observe the red warning tape around the holes appearing in the ground near the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and also near Lance Webb Reserve. These are sure signs that nature is at work, eroding the land mistakenly cleared of vegetation, in order that people may have their view of the water.

Surely a stable dune should take precedence over every other consideration.

Future generations would certainly think so.

Margaret Lund, Woy Woy Bay