Tugun Oceanway land grab pits neighbour against neighbour with residents claiming property has been damaged Friends of Currumbin members hold a peaceful protest walk against the sale of beachfront land along Golden Four Drive. FENCE wars are brewing in Golden Four Drive as neighbours turn on each other and the dispute over the Tugun foreshore turns ugly. Protesters are threatening to march through the strip every weekend until December 20, but residents said they will call police if they try. Documents obtained by the Bulletin this week revealed eight people had applied to the State Government to buy the foreshore land behind their properties, as part of a bid to stop an Oceanway path being built. Some Golden Four Dr property owners claim they have been yelled at by angry beachgoers, despite only a handful of people trying to stop the public path from going ahead. No Tugun Beach Path leader Kate Malouf claimed fences had been cut and gardens damaged by a protest against the land grab held by the Friends of Currumbin on Sunday. "We feel the protest against us has gotten out of hand and the march over the weekend was a distressing ordeal for the residents," she said. The council gave us assurances in the past that if we paid for the creation of rock walls in front of our properties that the beachfront land would not be used as a pathway or be built on. We have acted in good faith and should not be abused for wanting to maintain our properties. The stretch of foreshore at the centre of the debate. Ms Malouf said residents would call police if the protesters showed up again and got out of hand. Golden Four Dr resident Graham Bateup said he had watched neighbours be abused by people walking along the beach because of the issue. "People have been verbally abused about buying the land," he said. We're not all millionaires - I wish I was. I don't want to buy the land and I don't mind people walking on it ... I just don't want a pathway built. Friends of Currumbin spokesman Bren Milsom said the protests would continue. "It's just individuals exercising their right to walk on our public roadways," he said. People have put up the fences illegally. I suggest the claims of abuse and damage are exaggerating the true state of affairs. Yes, there are people who live on the beachfront, but the Gold Coast has almost 600,000 residents and millions of visitors who use the beachfront walkways. The public consultation for the proposed land buy up will close on December 20.