Wealth of reasons to poo-poo Oceanway

‘WEALTHY on path of most resistance’.

I read in the GC Bulletin (April 9, 2021) where Andrew Potts’ article and Mann’s cartoon pilloried “the wealthy” for daring to object to the proposed Oceanway path in front of their homes.

Please let me point out (as an experienced Oceanway-side resident) to those lucky “wealthy” property owners all of the benefits that the new Oceanway can offer to you.

1. The dogs: you will see every breed of dog there is, all using the Oceanway and the surrounding dunes as a toilet. I do feel sorry for the dog owners though as they are obviously so poor that they cannot afford a leash and did not get a decent education to enable them to read the signs that say that their dogs should be on a leash at all times.

2. The Lycra-clad road bike warriors who take to the path, competing in the Tour de Surfers Paradise with their head down (presumably to reduce wind resistance) in 75th gear and at 120km/h. (I swear that a child will be killed one day).

3. The humble pedestrians who scatter like confetti, cigarette butts, drink cans and bottles, ice cream wrappers, coffee cups and lately, Açai bowls (which I do admit come in very handy for stepping over the dog poo).

4. The family bike groups riding six abreast along the path forcing the pedestrians off to the side of the path to stand in the dog poo. (They also are too poor to afford bells).

5. The E-brigade who get their exercise (sic) riding Ebikes, Escooters, Eskateboards etc, all silently cruising up on innocent pedestrians at just under the speed of sound and thereby adding to the dog poo. (Embarrassingly for the bike warriors last week, down my way, a six-year-old boy without the benefit of lycra on an E-scooter won the trophy for the Tour de Tugun at an average speed of 184km/h.

6. Our beloved GCCC who will organise a

“fun run” where 400,000 people will run within four metres of your bedroom window yelling, screaming, clapping, cheering and generally yahooing at 4am.

7. Your local councillor will renege on their promise so that they could get elected last year and incorrectly cite some obscure Australian standard to get 20m-high searchlight towers installed along the path (see, you are not immune even on the 15th floor). This is so that the graffiti spraycan artists can see their work more clearly, the thieves and muggers can see their targets easier, the Logan kids can see where they hid their knives and the dog owners can walk at night without walking in their own dog poo.

I wish all of you privileged “wealthy” property owners good luck with your fight to stop council wasting our taxes dumping thousands of loads of concrete on our beachfront. If they succeed you will never get a good night’s sleep again.