My favourite beach is being transformed. I grew up at Main Beach on the Gold Coast and I love the area. Many years ago a couple of high rise buildings were built on the edge of the beach. The council came to its senses and a 3 storey limit was imposed on new buildings.
Recently the wife of a major Australian retailer managed to get this overturned and she built this monstrosity that I think looks like a large toilet block.
This angle is particularly ugly.
It seems to have started a trend. Another 8 level building is about to be uncovered. It dwarfs the house my father built in 1969.
I think this is madness. Apart from ruining the beachscape, I can remember when numerous cyclones wiped out the front yards of the houses on the edge. Another series could do untold damage to these huge buildings. The council should be ashamed of itself for allowing this to happen.
Greed has caused this. I will never set foot in a Harvey Norman store, ever.