Palm Beach Qld Erosion
Palm beach located on the central gold coast between tallebudgera creek to the north and currumbin creek to the south has been flagged as the stretch of coast with the most present danger to loss of property infrastructure and amenity due to recurring beach erosion events.
Palm beach qld erosion. Data collected since the 1960s showed that this vulnerability was a result of palm beach having the lowest volume of sand compared to other gold coast beaches backed by beach front infrastructure. Palm beach artificial reef the palm beach artificial reef is an underwater rock structure built to combat coastal erosion along an iconic stretch of gold coast coastline. Palm beach kingscliff old bar jimmy s beach wamberal which suffered so much damage in the last round of storms and narrabeen with the infamous pool in the ocean incident back in 2016 are. The process of erosion and accretion was first noted after the 1967 erosion events.
Gold coast queensland australia. Gold coast city council. Historically palm beach on the southern gold coast is one of the city s beaches most vulnerable to the threat of coastal erosion. Coastal eoosiqn and bela ted pro 3iem3 errata lis t volume ii part 1.
Gold coast queensland australia coastal erosion and related problems volume ii part 1. Queensland government s department of environment and resource management derm has asked coastal councils to develop their own shoreline erosion management planning frameworks. An 18 2 million artificial reef is set to be built off the gold coast s erosion prone palm beach to protect the long straight beach from thumping waves. Gold coast beach replenishment program.
Gold coast q ueensland australia report. The palm beach artificial reef is a unique underwater rock structure built to enhance coastal protection along an iconic stretch of gold coast coastline. Construction of the reef was completed in september 2019 as part of city of gold coast s ocean beaches strategy 2013 2023. Investigations text and tables delft hydraulics laboratory the netherlands r 257 cp 34.
Palm beach and narrowneck were the two worst affected beaches on the gold coast last week during cyclone oma s heavy swells.