No sensible explanation has been provided to my wife as to why she is not considered to be "immediate family". Why is a mother or father from the UK allowed to visit their children in Australia but a daughter, who has been triple vaccinated, cannot visit her mother?

This is a heartless policy and to make matters worse we are aware that tourists from Japan or South Korea are free to visit her but not her daughter. I am sure your readers will appreciate the mental health impact this is having. It is to be hoped that a change of policy comes sooner rather than later so that at the very least my wife can visit her mother in what is a beautiful part of your country.

I agree with the comments by Rory Milne in last week's paper regarding limiting the speed of jet skis in the port, however, I don't thing that goes far enough. I maintain they should be banned the same as Sydney has done.

On January 8 there must have been more that 100 jet skis in the port. They started at 6.30am and the drone continued all day. That day we watched a turtle surface several times over an hour only to be deprived of the opportunity when three jet skis came racing around the corner at 80 to 90 kph and they zig zagged and criss-crossed each other and took no notice of me waving them away from the shore.

These three jet skis seemed to be based near Conroy Park. They regularly shot out from there at full speed heading north and then proceeded to do doughnuts and wake jumping of boats waves before racing down the port.

The danger of these people seems to be ignored as they break the law on so many occasions. They regularly come in very close to shore when we are swimming and to get their thrills. They zig-zagged and spun around not far from the beach.

You would think the marine park authorities would also want them banned as they cannot possibly be doing the environment any good. Someone is going to be seriously injured.

The amenities available near Shoal Bay boat ramp area are limited. Many people enjoy visiting the area.

Sadly, I often see queues waiting to use them. People are using other places, such as the bushes. Maybe [the council] could put some port-a-loos in the area during peak times to avoid this.

On a recent Thursday I drove to my shift with Marine Rescue Nelson Bay at 7am only to find the carpark at Little Beach in chaos. There were 4WDs, trailers, boats, jet skis and people everywhere. Vehicles were blocking sections of the car park, illegally and double-parked, trying to launch their vessels.

When I left at 11.30am the situation was worse. I had to wait in a queue of traffic to get through because a large trailer and 4WD had blocked the exit. On my way home in frustration I called into Nelson Bay Police Station to lodge a complaint. They said they were under-resourced but would get out there to have a look.

This happens frequently but is always worse over summer with the influx of tourists. The volunteers at Marine Rescue do a valuable job in the community saving lives on the water, yet it is most frustrating and unfair when it becomes a challenge just to get to and from the base. I would like to see Port Stephens Council address this situation.