DEAR News Of The Area,

AROUND 10.30am on the morning of Sunday 28 July at the Rotary Lookout off Parkes Street I was chatting to a group of young Argentinian men and women.

They are working on farms in the Stuarts Point area.

They were excited to see some whales out to sea and had a lot of questions for me about the history of Nambucca Heads and the best place to swim etc.

A vehicle drove slowly past behind us and one of the people in the vehicle called out “Go back where you came from”, before the vehicle sped away.

I was ashamed and dismayed.

This area needs visitors including visitors to work in the farming sector.

But in any case we all need basic courtesy and respect.

I have since been told that this kind of behaviour is not unusual.

The cowards in the vehicle Sunday morning did not wait for a response.

I ask readers to call out this kind of behaviour if they see it.

Regards,
Gary RUMBLE,
Nambucca Heads.