SP,
Re: Save Bells Beach.
Maurice Cole is behind the group.
As much as anything else, it is probably the main avenue for the community to voice their opinions...
There's nothing really wrong at the moment... Toilet Block is the main problem, but they have have been running a new sewer or water line down there recently... Alternative is just to pay for more regular pump outs I think...
But if you leave it 100% up to council, they will try and make surfers pay for parking via meters... In a semi remote location like that, I would guess a parking meter system might cost $200k to set up... and it will last about about 3 days before ever meter is vandalised... I would be the one co-ordinating the parking meter vandalism efforts!!
Buses aren't too much problem, but the main problem is probably the strain they put on the toilet block...
From an EPA perspective, I would think the creek in the valley is pretty polluted, including some toilet block septic/sewer overflow sometimes... But guess what, the sand is super course and acts like a big natural sand filtration system... and gets a minor backflush / backwash at high tide... So no major problem... Plus the currents and surf would mix and spread any "issue" quite rapidly... (probably)...
one day.
