Project Overview
The Boyne Island and Tannum Sands (BITS) Shoreline Erosion Management Plan (SEMP) provides Council with a framework to proactively plan for the erosion management of the BITS coastline while enabling natural coastal processes to be maintained.
The BITS SEMP was identified as an action from the Our Coast. Our Future. Coastal Hazard Adaptation Strategy, formed as part of the QCoast2100 program, a Queensland Government and Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) initiative.
Covering a 22km stretch from Lilley’s Beach in the north to the southern community south of Bangalee, this management plan incorporates public and stakeholder values and feedback and has been developed to:
- proactively manage the BITS coastline;
- protect and maintain what the community love most about the BITS foreshore;
- understand coastal processes and hazards so we can better live with, or mitigate them, and to;
- make the BITS coastline more resilient.
View the Boyne Island and Tannum Sands Shoreline Erosion Management Plan here.
Close the Loop
Engagement Results
Draft Plan Feedback
Previous Engagement
Tell us: Why is the shoreline important and meaningful to you?
Tell us about why the shoreline is important and meaningful to you
13 June, 2022
john_norris says:
“The shoreline needs vegetation like Coastal Stand and Marram grass like in front of the lifesavers not sheoak trees that when eroded destroy”
13 June, 2022
john_norris says:
“I’m local for over sixty years. Boyne to Hummock Island leave it alone. Interfered with once and it’s still a disaster. No more useles trees”
9 June, 2022
gerschn says:
“We are concerned about the abuse of our shoreline - Illegal driving on dunes, clearing of vegetation for "better views", beach modification.”
9 June, 2022
gerschn says:
“The BITS shoreline is the most intact natural accessible shoreline in the Gladstone area. It is also regarded as the most scenic shoreline.”
Tell us: How the coast has changed overtime and are their key events that are linked?
Tell us about how the coast has changed over time and key events that you believe are linked to coastal changes.
9 June, 2022
gerschn says:
“We have observed continual natural movements of sand and the river estuaries during the 33year period of our residence. Floods do contribute”
3 June, 2022
Lawsey1 says:
“This coast line changes minimally but also reverts back over time. My experience over apx 65 yrs has seen it cycle, so please take heed.”
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