Lack of toilets more important

I must say I am somewhat staggered to read about the local chambers of commerce squabble about flags while tourists, not too bothered to look at these items, are more preoccupied with attempting to locate an accessible public toilet!

During the weekend of January 9 and 10, while down in Umina, I was accosted by no less than three different groups of tourists, very polite, but in varying degrees of agitation, urgency and in somewhat desperate mode all trying to find a public toilet.

One would think that if the chambers of commerce were keen to encourage tourism, they would make moves to ensure a sufficiency of basic comfort stops clearly indicated throughout the Peninsula.

Visitors unfamiliar with the area were disgusted at being directed to a closed, unsafe public toilet block at the back of Umina Library by various shop owners and assistants.

When checking with the librarians they were then referred to the surf club, a considerable distance away.

This is just not good enough!

Is Umina now part of the Third World?

Letter, 12 Jan 2010 Zoe Russell, Umina