BeachCare
The Centre has been commissioned to undertake facilitation of Gold Coast City Council's BeachCare program. The program focus is on the significance and importance of our coastal zone and its sustainable management and encourages valuable community interaction in the management of our beaches, foreshores, waterways and coastal areas.
The main aims of the BeachCare program are to:
- encourage community participation in beach management and sustainability
- improve the quality of native vegetation on Gold Coast beach dunes
- increase the community's awareness on beach management issues
- encourage and assist in establishing community groups which can, in turn, encourage existing groups to become increasingly self-sufficient.
Current BeachCare projects include:
- Bilinga Beach - south of North Kirra SLSC
- Federation Walk - The Spit (Friends of Federation Walk)
- Mermaid Beach - southern end of Kurrawa Park
- Palm Beach - 27th Avenue
- Paradise Point - foreshore end of Abalone Avenue
- Runaway Bay - corner Howard Street and Constance Esplanade
A full list of dates for dune planting/weeding days/seed collection are available on the Timetable (PDF 193kb).
If you would like to know more about the BeachCare program or become involved, please contact Caroline Jackson, telephone 07 5552 8823 or email: c.jackson@griffith.edu.au (fax 07 5552 8506); or Sally Kirkpatrick, telephone 07 5552 8393 or email:s.kirkpatrick@griffith.edu.au