Thank you Dr Ray Moynihan and The Echo for the recent article on his long walk along the pristine and health restoring strip of coastline that has been kept free of human interference.
We have laws to protect areas like this, but they only work when there is enough political will to enforce them. One very precious law is the one for compulsory voting. We all have to have our say. Collectively we can decide whether we conserve what’s left of our natural inheritance.
In six weeks time we get that opportunity in the local government elections. It’s not hard to work this one out. We have a prime example under our noses. Right now the old (zombie) DA to allow a large housing development on the Wallum site is being challenged by a passionate and devoted community group, supported by our Greens candidates, and derided by others.
We cannot reverse our white history, steeped in the belief that this land is ours to do what we want with it. But we can say, at the ballot box, the remnants of forest, coast, rivers, with living examples of unique plants, animals, birds and reptiles are to be protected.
Many of us are becoming responsible tenants of this land so that our children and grandchildren can walk the walk that Ray has so eloquently described to us.
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. 
