Burleigh and Palm Beach shoreline will be replenished with enough sand to fill 24 Olympic-sized swimming pools, as the City’s annual dredging program kicks off in late August. 

Approximately 30,000 cubic metres of sand will be pumped from Tallebudgera Creek to top up Burleigh Heads beach.

At the completion of the creek dredging, the dredge will move south to Currumbin Creek where a separate 30,000 cubic metres of sand will be pumped onto Palm Beach.

Mayor Tom Tate inspected the beach nourishment operation today at Burleigh Heads.

 “Our beaches are the jewel in our city’s crown and it’s important we look after them for generations to come. The City allocates over $1 million for sand nourishment works every year to ensure our beaches are in great condition for summer.

“These important works help protect community infrastructure from coastal erosion and keep our coastline looking beautiful.’’

Dredging at Tallebudgera Creek is expected to be completed in mid-September, ahead of the school holidays, before moving to Currumbin Creek between October and December.

The annual ‘beach boost’ forms part of an approximately $80 million body of coastal management works undertaken by the City over the last five years.

Apart from the dredging projects, recent works to protect the city’s 52km of coastline include the Surfers Paradise Sand Backpass Pipeline, Palm Beach Artificial Reef, Narrowneck Reef Renewal and the construction of public seawalls.