Dune destruction is not beautiful

It may be true as Cr Hale, the Ettalong Beach Memorial Club general manager, says: "At no point has the Club ever suggested, or proposed, that the beach or the foreshore be enclosed and certainly not for the sole benefit of the Club."

But many viewed the original model and advertisements for the development which actually had The Esplanade closed with direct access to the beach from the club.

Whether it was for the sole benefit of the club is neither here nor there.

The point was the closure of the road for the benefit of the resort was advocated yet constantly denied.

Cr Hale goes onto to say "It has always been the position of the Club that the foreshore should be restored, beautified and upgraded."

My idea of restored and beautified is not the destruction of the dunal vegetation and the placement of pretty shrubs and a viewing deck, or the removal of public open space for private profit advocated by Fast Ships and its proponents.

M.Ellis, Woy Woy