The latest campaign to replenish sand along the beach between Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland is producing some gleaming results.
The renourishment project was in response to an erosion event in mid-December.
Such operations are launched to provide long-term protection of the foreshore and important community assets, such as roads, parks and playgrounds, as well as to support events, which bring economic and community value to the region.
The latest effort will bolster the stretch in time for the upcoming Australian Surf Life Saving Championships.
The championships, colloquially known as “The Aussies’’, will be held on the Coast for only the third time in more than 40 years, from April 16 to 24.
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Sunshine Coast News photographer Warren Lynam captured the latest footage of the beach-boosting project, which has been gathering momentum in recent weeks.
A small cutter suction dredge was tasked with extracting approximately 20,000m3 of sand from the lower Maroochy River.
It has been pumping it on to Maroochydore Beach – anywhere from Alexandra Headland in the south to the Maroochydore SLSC in the north – via an existing pipeline that has been in place since 2013.
A booster pump has assisted to push sand up the entire length of the beach.
The Sunshine Coast has approximately 60 kilometres of coastline, stretching from Caloundra to Coolum.
It is protected by Council’s Shoreline Erosion Management Plan (SEMP), adopted in 2014, which guides foreshore management.
