I am a local who has lived here for 30 years and I walk, almost daily, on the beach.

I haven’t seen any evidence of flies or maggots in the current seaweed - and I scour it thoroughly on each of my walks, removing and disposing of any rubbish trapped in it, which has included plastic bottles, cans, pieces of cloth, fishing line etc.

Where I suggest the flies and maggots are coming from is the rubbish bins in the surrounding parks and recreational areas.

Over the holidays they have been full-to-overflowing with rubbish also dumped on the ground beside them.

The problem is there aren’t enough bins for the volume of tourists who visit.

Yet along the foreshore at Victoria Parade, Nelson Bay and beyond, extra bins have been installed since the holidays began and in many places there are at least four bins every few metres.

So why not at Birubi Beach and Anna Bay foreshore?

It seems Anna Bay has been left out again.

Amanda Sutherland

Anna Bay

My thanks to Councillor Chris Doohan on his actions to ensure an April green waste service for the Tilligerry Peninsular.

On realising that, due to Easter, there would be no service on the Peninsular for nine weeks, I contacted Cr Doohan and through his actions, an alternate date was organised to service our area.

The drop off day will be April 23, 2017.

Peter Stephenson

Lemon Tree Passage

Once again it is the season where we welcome the many tourists who enjoy our pristine waterways and beautiful beaches.

But sadly they also have to put up with the lengthy periods of sitting in their cars in congested traffic often with children and elderly passengers.

Now that we have two new Members of Parliament in State and Federal areas we can rely on them to make representation on behalf of the residents to have an alternate road to Fingal Bay.

Our emergency services, local residents and tourists would greatly appreciate it.

Gerry Mohan

Shoal Bay

We welcome  Liesl Tesch as Australia Day Ambassador for Port Stephens (Examiner, News, December 29, 2016). 

No doubt she will put the Port in good light, in what we have to offer for visitors, in particular visitors with disability.

In the same time she should be able to share her experience of world best practices in the provision of disabled facilities.

Her input into the council's Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) would be invaluable.

Ernest To

Medowie.

I find Peter Corbett’s statement on Port Stephens Roads so untrue (Examiner, Letters, January 5).

I have lived in Nelson Bay for only a few years and have seen great improvements in the roads since then.

The four-lane carriageway from Bobs Farm to Anna Bay and the resurfacing of Victoria Parade with a pedestrian crossing at the bottom of Laidler Walk, are just a couple of examples.

There is still room from improvements, but I first came to the Bay in 2001, and have seen so many changes and improvements since then.

Yves Monnet

Nelson Bay