Friends of Malabar Headland say without the rifle range developers would come for the prime real estate and ‘you wouldn’t have a national park at all’
Along a stretch of rugged coastline in a national park less than 13km from Sydney’s CBD is a pram and wheelchair-friendly trail that cost the New South Wales taxpayer $2.5m.
The Anzac rifle range just south of Maroubra beach has been used for more than 150 years. It’s home to the NSW Rifle Association’s headquarters, several shooting clubs, an equestrian centre and boasts a spectacular view of the ocean. They open the gates to let people come and go on the range when they’re not shooting, but they are not about to give up their Saturdays.Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/Guardian AustraliaAnd they have made peace with the volunteer group of conservationists who fought for the creation of the national park, some of whom firmly believe the headland would have been turned into housing if the rifle range had not deterred developers.
When Guardian Australia walks the Boora Point trail with Pyett, the 77-year-old lifelong Maroubra resident is delighted by everything he sees – “wow, the bees are out!” – and can name nearly every plant. He says it’s a shame his wife, Claire, couldn’t make it, “because she knows all of them”.The walking track curves through windswept banksia scrub around tall sandstone cliffs that drop into the ocean.
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