Sand Backpassing From The Gold Coast Seaway To Surfers Paradise
The Delft report recommended the stabilisation of the Gold Coast Seaway and the construction of a sand bypass system to pump sand from the mainland under the navigation channel to South Stradbroke Island. The GCSMP will examine whether 20% of the sand could instead be backpassed sustainably to the beaches of Surfers Paradise to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Prior to stabilisation of the Gold Coast Seaway the island welding hypothesis suggests that up to 20% of all sand moving along the Gold Coast (Longshore drift) entered the Gold Coast Broadwater to gradually weld islands onto the mainland.
Read more about this topic: Gold Coast Shoreline Management Plan
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That tills the sand and sawis in the air;
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And follows on a woman thro the fire,
Led by a blind and teachit by a bairn.”
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“He said there was gold here. He lied. He is not perfect.”
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Where the early pumpkins blow,
In the middle of the woods
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Two old chairs, and half a candle,—
One old jug without a handle,—
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In the middle of the woods,”
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