Our family are regular visitors to Byron Bay and have, for many years, enjoyed the walking track to the lighthouse.
Yesterday (Sunday, 10 September) we walked the track again and were deeply saddened to see the brutalist concrete structure that now serves as a path for the first part of the journey from Wategos.
It simply beggars belief that those in charge of the unique walking track could think it appropriate to introduce a structure as hideous as this to a place of such natural beauty.
Instead of maintaining a humble track that was subservient to the natural environment, a brutal statement of human domination has been displayed. It’s a slash across the beautiful face of coastal Byron and testimony to human insensitivity and stupidity.
A thorough review of the decision-making process should be undertaken to ensure that when issues like this arise all relevant considerations are taken into account – not just economic and engineering ones.
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. 
