An environmental group wants immediate action to help clean up an abandoned homeless camp on the New South Wales Central Coast.
Key points:
- A Central Coast community wants help cleaning rubbish from bushland
- The site was previously used by people experiencing homelessness
- The local council is investigating the issue
People had been living in tents, a caravan and a boat on Narara Creek but recently left the site and many of their belongings and rubbish behind.
Clean4Shore founder Graham “Jono” Johnston said the destruction was “confronting”.
“You could think you’re standing right in the middle of Woy Woy landfill,” he said.
“It’s right in the heart of Gosford’s CBD.”
The site, next to the Gosford Golf Club, is only minutes away from the city’s centre.
Mr Johnston said early intervention by support services could prevent similar problems in the future.
“Get in there early, find out what the situation is and solve it before it develops into this,” he said.
“The best way we can do it is by working with the respective agencies to support the people and try to help them get rid of their rubbish.”
Complicated picture
Services in the sector say a more holistic approach to homelessness would help stop more people slipping through the cracks.
Coast Shelter acting chief executive Mark Trevaskis said there…
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