The old Wanganui Walking Track was closed in 2008 by Byron Shire Council order due to public neglect and safety/maintenance/public liability/vandalism/privacy issues.
Contrary to rumour sparked by the recent local Landcare newsletter headlines (with curiously deficient article), ‘Public access to gorge via Huonbrook end remains closed’, the past access remains in the private possession of the family who have owned and cared for this land for over a century (and shall remain closed to the public for the aforementioned reasons).
A reminder that trespass is a serious offence for the foremost reason that no-one likes strangers in their personal space, let alone constantly so.
Empathise and act with integrity, the world would be a better place and perhaps I could enjoy where I live after six years of continual public abuse of my home. It seems an unsavoury truth that past generosities usually pave the way for future abuse.
Tresspasser take note: mugshots taken, vehicle registration recorded, and fines applied along with righteous abuse. My tolerance, patience, and civility are at an end.
Please don’t abuse the basic private right to privacy and instead use your public right to ask NPWS for a safe and legal public access to the national park adjacent to this private land (other side of creek).
This would: render negligible two costly and flood-prone bridges across Coopers Creek (one presently non-existent because of past floods); enable linkage with the access from Repentance Creek end which would (for the first time) allow access through the whole gorge in spectacular times of flood without the serious dangers of past access; and delete the issue of strangers in my backyard and allow myself and family to experience some peace and privacy without nervous stress and legal nightmare.
Feel free to share salient points of my proposal in your request to NPWS. Perhaps W.C.H.Land Care could lead a petition to NPWS and rally local support for a project in which everyone benefits?
Peter Domaile, Huonbrook
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
