In an attempt to identify the causes of erosion along Pindimar, Lower Pindimar, Upper Pindimar and Bundabah foreshores, Council is seeking information from residents.

The foreshores of these areas have been eroding for many years and a number of artificial walls and other structures have been built to try and stop the erosion. Council says the study will find solutions for tackling the problem which will give landholders guidance on what can be done to protect their properties.

“This study will help us find low cost options for treating the erosion that are effective and friendly to the environment,” Great Lakes Council’s project coordinator Prue Tucker said.

“Basically we’re developing guidelines for managing the foreshore areas in that location. Because a lot of the land there is privately owned a set of guidelines will help us in the way we give advice to landholders which is a low cost solution to their issues.”

Council is requesting a variety of information sources from residents including old or new photographs of the foreshore before and or after erosion, local knowledge and stories of erosion events, newspaper clippings and any other records about erosion events.

A questionnaire accounting observations of the erosion is also available at Council’s Tea Gardens office or can be posted if you contact Council on 6591 7222.

Collection of the information will go on for three weeks before Council can begin designing guidelines which are expected to be available next year.

This project is funded by the Department of Environment and Climate Change’s Estuary Program and Great Lakes Council’s Environmental Rate.