Foreshore is not council's

Re Paul Ward's piece, Dogs on Beach (Forum, February 13).

Firstly, the beach ends at "mean high water springs".

Secondly, the area between that line and the waters edge is "the foreshore", an area that is covered when the tide comes in.

This area is controlled not by council, but by a federal authority, it being an area that is covered twice a day by seawater.

I firmly believe that exercising dogs in this area is legal.

The only time its illegal is when crossing the strip of sand between the land and the high water mark.

Andy Palmer, Umina Beach