Dogs OR Shorebirds - they want dogs in Byron Bay

At Tallow Creek behind Tallow Beach in the Arakwal National Park they do not want shorebirds, such as Little Terns, Pied and Sooty Oystercatchers or Loggerhead turtles – they want DOGS. Dogs are brought in regularly into this nature reserve, stealing the habitat of these ground breeding birds, denying them a refuge.(4x4s are also driven right into the creek) Similarly at Belongil Beach, they do not want shorebirds breeding there, but regularly choose to not go into the dog-walking beach section, but only where there is a bird reserve. They unpack, literally packs of dogs out of their 4 x 4 s and let them go lose.Signs prohibiting certain activities are more an indication of what is to be expected in land reserved for wildlife. What a waste of natural resources.
Images:Tallow Creek, Tallow Ck. sign, Belongil Beach, dog walkers in the northern protected end, Belongil Beach 'bird protection' sign in car park.

Tallow Beach, Byron Bay, Arakwal N.P.

Arakwal National Park is south of the Cape Byron State Conservation Area. We entered it via the Cosy Corner carpark. The Byron Bay Arakwal Country is co-managed by the Bundjalung people and National Parks. From the car-park one reaches the Pacific Ocean, the Cape Byron Marine Park.
The good news is, that there are no motorised vehicles on the beach, which is unusual for Australia. A Brahminy Kite patrolled the very long beach. Kingfishers and many other birds are in the dunes. “The park protects the largest remaining area of coastal clay heath left in the state, and is home to numerous threatened plant and animal species.” ( N.P.)The native dune-vegetation thows a healthy net over the sand and pumice. The 'bush' behind the dunes is infested with bitou which will kill it in the end. Frequent army aircraft fly very low, at near membrane-bursting levels. Locals jog off obesity and play ball.

At the northern end in the Cape Byron State Conservation Area the introduced weeds and pests seem to increase, peaking at the The Cape Byron Lighthouse cliffs. Feral goats degrade the headland and bitou is killing the last banksias.
At dusk a guy threw a giant fishing-line into the 'protected'? Marine Park and pulled out numerous large fish in no time. Many of the mutilated fish were left to rot on the beach after he hastily left with a big bucket. A common sight all over Australian beaches and protected Marine areas.