thought fellow tassie surfers would be keen to see this. During the winter due to king tides and big northwest swells the northwest coast but particularly the penguin foreshore suffered some severe erosion . This knob on the penguin foreshore committee has proposed building a breakwater across the penguin reef - destroying both the reef and the surf break along the side of the reef and basically creating a large swimming area out the front of penguin .The reply from Toby Ray ( NWBR member ) pretty much states my position -