Why? Why seek to clear protected littoral rainforest, excavate up to eight metres into the hillside to build two dwellings with multiple rooms and swimming pools which will probably only be used for a few weeks a year?
Why pools when you have a perfectly good beach close by? Isn’t that the whole point of living near the ocean?
And why Wategos? Why not buy multimillion-dollar mansions that have already been constructed somewhere else?
And last but not least, why add financial burden to the Byron Council in the form of exorbitant legal fees, when that money could be used for much-needed essential services?
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. 
