Toilet signs would be a great help
I would not like this letter to be considered a tiresome complaint but perhaps a solution to a problem we face concerning the cleanliness of our beaches and tidal pools. Is there some way that through the Courier there be a request for signage at our beaches regarding where we ‘go to the loo’? The …
I would not like this letter to be considered a tiresome complaint but perhaps a solution to a problem we face concerning the cleanliness of our beaches and tidal pools.
Is there some way that through the Courier there be a request for signage at our beaches regarding where we ‘go to the loo’?
The reason for this letter is that on Sunday afternoon my family and I noted that due the recent moon phases the low tide was very low. Usually Clarke Bay is not very nice to swim at because of the rocks, but the tide was so far out that we could get round the rocks and boogie board in for ages. It was such fun.
The road construction workers must have finished their shift in front of Lifestyle and came down to the beach to cool off, which is great, Construction work is very tiring, as well as having to work over time to have our roads up and running for us motorists. But I was wondering if there was any way we could promote beach etiquette without embarrassing anyone?
My 12-year-old daughter and her friend were snorkelling close to shore once the tide began to come in and the sea got too rough and deep to play in when my daughter came across human faeces floating by her. It must have been fresh because it was all still in one piece that you could actually identify what it actually was. I noticed just before Chloe noticed what she did, one of the lifeguards whistled to one of the men to come within the swimming signs so as to be safe, which he did but fixing his shorts as he did so.
This is the beach that the Nippers swimming takes place every Sunday, we all swim at our beaches. A few months ago, I came across a gentleman in his undies at the Galley tidal pool with a bar of soap in his hand having a wash. Lots of elderly people in the mornings enjoy some much needed exercise in this pool, not to mention the fish life I myself have observed in this pool.
Please understand that I only wish for this mail to be proactive. Is there a solution with using signage, for example? Perhaps people do not know there are ablutions at Clarke Bay.
ANGELA LAWRENCE
Ballito