Too afraid

Your correspondent Juanita Hutchesson (Peninsula News, October 3) prompts me to write and express concern at the breakdown of safety and security in the Umina and Umina Beach area.

One only has to walk through what used to be a wonderful park between the oval and the beach each weekend morning to see the destruction and litter that drunken visitors bring to that location.

We used to be able to walk at night through the park but are now too afraid.

A police presence and monitoring of that area and the town would be most welcome and make it a safe haven for both residents and holiday makers.

Marie Haastrup Umina