The club would have set seating for patrons, which would exclude other beachgoers from sitting there, but Gazecki said that anybody could enter the venue, regardless of their age or wealth, and it would not have a private members list.
“None of that stuff that hit the media was in any way related to our proposal,” he said. “It was weird speculation. It is pure and simply a restaurant on the sand. It is not privatising the beach, we are leasing the beach. [Food event] Taste of Manly is occurring the next week or week after – that is not privatising the beach.”