BeachCare Program Overview

Beachcare activity

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:

North Kirra/Bilinga Beach - Pacific Parade, south of North Kirra SLSC
Mermaid Beach - Pearless Avenue
Palm Beach - 27th Avenue
Paradise Point - The Esplanade opposite Abalone Avenue
Runaway Bay - corner Howard Street and Constance Esplanade

Current BeachCare partnership groups include:

Labrador - Harley Park, north of Charis Seafood. In partnership with Labrador Residence Action Group
North Kirra Beach - Corner Pacific Parade & Musgrave Street. In partnership with Surfrider Foundation
Rainbow Bay - Marine Parade. In partnership with Friends of Rainbow Bay

Current partnerships include:

Federation Walk - The Spit (Friends of Federation Walk)

A full list of dates for BeachCare dune planting/weeding/beach cleaning days are available on the Timetable¹ (PDF 135.5kb).

If you would like to know more about the BeachCare program or become involved, please contact Naomi Edwards, telephone 07 5552 8823 or email: n.edwards@griffith.edu.au² (fax 07 5552 8506); or Sally Kirkpatrick, telephone 07 5552 8393 or email:s.kirkpatrick@griffith.edu.au.³

BeachCare Program Overview

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