Arabic version: بدء أعمال التكريك لاستعادة شاطئ مور بارك

According to ABC News, dredging has begun at Moore Park Beach in regional Queensland as Bundaberg Regional Council responds to severe erosion and changes to the mouth of Moore Park Creek.

The beach, about 400 kilometres north of Brisbane, has lost 5 metres of foreshore since Tropical Cyclone Alfred in early 2025. A major flood event in March further worsened conditions, with the creek mouth moving about 200 metres north.

Mayor Helen Blackburn said engineers had worked with the council on a response. A dredge will close one part of the creek mouth and open another section further south, allowing the creek to form its own mouth. Sand collected through the work will also be used to nourish the eroded area of Moore Park Beach. The required government permits have been granted, and the council hopes safety fencing can be removed by Christmas.

Sunshine Coast University geographer associate professor Javier Leon said realigning the mouth could be a short-term measure, but the community should also consider medium- and long-term solutions. He said shoreline change was site-specific, noting a study found 50 per cent of Australian shorelines were eroding and 50 per cent were accreting.

The council was required to demolish the former Moore Park Beach surf club in 2025 because it was slipping into the ocean. The council has received almost $140,000 in state and federal funding to develop a shoreline erosion management plan, which Burnett MP Stephen Bennett said would help inform future solutions.