Once a fantastic family beach

You just have to wonder what gets into people to write such letters about our community leaders who work tirelessly for the good of the community.

Reading the latest from Shirley Hotchkiss on top of earlier letters from Margaret Lund and Michael Gillian, I have to wonder what value these people have in their lives.

I for one remember Ettalong Beach as a fantastic family beach with hundreds of holiday visitors, kiddies in their canoes and sailing boats.

The sand was white; the beach was wide and the water crystal clear.

It was never a dune and it's not a coastal beach.

It's a beach within a river system that changes with the movement of the sand up and down Brisbane Waters.

But now it's just scrub full of rubbish and derelicts.

Our once beautiful view to Lion Island and Palm Beach cannot be seen for the mounds of sand piled high against the footpath and the overgrown scrub.

The old ugly toilet block stands with the best view in the area with broken bottles and needles strewn around.

And these people tell us locals that we have to protect this mess because the ice caps are melting and the sea levels are rising.

Brian Collis, Empire Bay