Sea levels are rising

We find trees and shrubs regularly cut down on the Peninsula Foreshore.

Obviously developers, real-estate agents and householders do not understand the situation.

The very narrow strip of beach, dune and road is all that separates the houses from the sea.

All over the world, sea levels are rising. That is a fact.

The effects of no vegetation can be seen along The Esplanade between Picnic Pd and Kourang St, where council signs warn of subsidence and sand has to be regularly cleared away.

It is also obvious near the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and along the Lance Web Reserve, where the viewing platform and grassland is being undermined and is literally hanging over the water.

The area in front of the Club and Resort is one of the best-vegetated foreshore areas and the advantage is obvious: Virtually no sand across the road.

The planting of those shrubs and beach plants in the 1960s has worked.

Many people seem unaware that even 30 years ago in the mid-1970s, people on the Peninsula were wading through water and defending their homes with sandbags.

Residents need to consider these matters very seriously.

They will not be able to feign ignorance and claim compensation when they are flooded out.

Waters are rising. Do you want vegetation or flooding?

Margaret Lund, Woy Woy Bay