Thursday, March 28, 2024

Vandals attack Cabarita headland

Tweed Shire Council will undertake remediation works at Cabarita Headland next week following the vandalism of 30 plants at the popular viewpoint.

At least 30 macaranga plants adjacent to the carpark on the headland were cut down last week in what appears to be a serious case of vegetation vandalism, Council said in a statement.

“Council has undertaken a formal assessment of the site and found the vandalism to be of medium significance due to the high profile nature of the site,” it said.

“Such unauthorised vegetation removal falls under Council’s Vegetation Vandalism on Public Land Policy.”

Mayor of Tweed, Chris Cherry said she was disappointed to see such a purposeful act of vandalism.

“For someone to wilfully damage and vandalise the environment like this is extremely disappointing and something we take very seriously,” Mayor Cherry said.

“This is a real blow to the natural environment – it takes a long time to establish trees such as these in such exposed conditions, where salt and wind and rocky soil conditions prevail. To have this happen is a real blow to the surrounding natural beauty and will increase erosion on this site until the plants regrow.”

She said Council will start remediation works next week.

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