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IGNORE AT YOUR PERIL THE worst predictions of beach erosion have suddenly come true.
The Star of April 16 featured a special report on the effects of receding sands on South Gippsland’s coast. With predictions of ongoing destruction – not to mention the recorded loss of 35.6 metres of sand along the beach abutting Cape Paterson-Inverloch Road at Inverloch – it was of little surprise when a storm suddenly toppled Wonthaggi Surf Lifesaving Club at Cape Paterson on May 10. Today The Star launches its SOS - Save our Shore campaign. The paper is committed to backing the fight to see proper funding for the region’s most pressing environmental issue. Bass Coast Shire Council is asking for $6 million to tackle the issue. The re-elected Federal Government
has pledged $1.35 million. Last week, Cr Pamela Rothfield told her cololleagues, “Look at the damage sustained in Cape pe Paterson last week, look at the foreshore ero-sion in Inverloch and Cowes. We have a problem. “We know that we’re on the cusp of a change from a grassroots level and we need just the right people in power at the top to listen and to be brave and act.” The Star agrees. Our beaches – from Phillip Island to Port Welshpool and all places in between – are the jewel in our tourism crown, not to mention an essential part of all our own lives. For the sake of this generation and the next,, it’s time to take a stand. Special report on pages 4 and 5.
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