Bundaberg Regional Council shoreline erosion management plan
Timeline
21 October 2026 – Government announces permits are now in place to take sand from Theodolite Creek to re-do sand replenishment from boat ramp to Fifth Avenue. Mayor Helen Blackburn – Bundaberg Region Mayor, Facebook, 21 Oct 2026
April 2026 – pubic info sessions held by Bundaberg Regional Council to explore further protective options for the coastline.
February 2025 – severe weather courtesy of Cyclone Alfred eroded recently completed sand replenishment back to rock wall. Further measures to be investigated rectify and provide ongoing maintenance.
January 2025 – sea wall construction completed boat ramp to Second Avenue; damaged Esplanade path replaced.
September 2023 – Marine Park Permit granted but due to the delays and the approaching turtle nesting season, works would not commence until May 2024.
August-September – WDRA, together with Bundaberg Regional Council and local State Government representatives lobbied to have the project started as soon as possible, with the risk of further erosion threatening property and infrastructure.
WDRA’s Woodgate Community Action Group raised funds to install several billboards highlighting the erosion along Woodgate Road and the Isis Highway and mounted a public campaign to save the beach.
March 2023 – project halted by the State Government, with the Dept of Environment & Science denying the Marine Park Permit required.
July 2022 – $2 million funding granted under North Queensland Natural Disaster Mitigation Program to the Woodgate Beach Sand Nourishment project to address severe sand dune erosion at the northern end of Woodgate (Boat ramp/Theodolite Creek to Second Avenue). Bundaberg Regional Council began the tender process for the project with construction on a 240 m buried sea (rock) wall and sand replenishment along a 700 m stretch of the foreshore set to start in March 2023.
