Anarchy at Belongil Beach Byron Bay

These photos were taken on Belongil beach in Byron Bay and are an example of the community anarchy that has erupted from the coastline being washed away. Individual property owners have taken protetcion into their own hands and dumped large quantities of junk in an attempt to save their homes from the next big sea.The giant sandbags weigh about 200 kilos each and have been placed by council. The original vegetation was without doubt removed to allow 'views', one friend described one of the properties as lawn all the way to edge.As we move into uncertain times it is our natural instinct to want to find someone to blame for the problems that need to be overcome, yet we refuse to acknowledge that collectivly we have had high expectation that we can manipulate our environment to deliver our wants and needs.No one person or one government is responsible just years of compacting problems as humanities expectations are treated as a priority over environment.