Not exempt from nature

Many people, besides the business fraternity, are disappointed with the Ettalong Beach Plan of Management, which would seem to be the acquisition of public land by stealth: a little bit at a time.

The estuary navigated by Captain Phillip in 1788 and again in 1789 is a part of our heritage but it is to be replaced by glaring, over-sized concrete blocks behind an artificial beach.

Being a business person surely does not automatically make one an authority on climatology, geography, beach morphodynamics or global warming.

I would prefer to listen to these authorities, when safety for my home, or even my life are concerned.

Disregard to the warnings from academics in America for many years led to the devastation and huge loss of life and homes in Louisiana.

Why do the "345" people who signed a petition requesting immediate commencement of the Plan, think that the Peninsula is exempt from the natural working of nature?

Margaret Lund, Woy Woy Bay