Environment and Resource Management

Erosion prone areas

The erosion prone area is the width of the coast that is considered to be vulnerable to coastal erosion and tidal inundation over a 50-year planning period. Where no regional coastal management plan has been prepared, an area within a designated Erosion Prone Area is taken to be a coastal management district under Section 168 of the Coastal Act. Calculation of the erosion prone area is based on:

Additional information on coastal erosion and assessment of erosion prone area widths is available: Coastal erosion and assessment of erosion prone area widths.

For more information on developing a shoreline erosion management plan.

Erosion prone areas occur in all local government areas and are described on the following plans:

Local government area
Plan number
Aurukun Shire (PDF, 151K)* SC4077
Beaudesert Shire (PDF, 346K)* SC4071
Bowen Shire (PDF, 2.5M)* SC3388
Brisbane City (PDF, 757K)* SC3366
Broadsound Shire (PDF, 441K)* SC3383
Bundaberg Shire (PDF, 302K)* SC4070
Burdekin Shire (PDF, 554K)* SC3389
Burke Shire (PDF, 139K)* SC4003
Burnett Shire (Theodolite Creek to Burnett Creek) (PDF, 531K)* SC3376
Burnett Shire (Burnett River to Baffle Creek) (PDF, 402K)* SC3377
Caboolture Shire (PDF, 341K)* SC3367
Cairns City (PDF, 2.2M)* SC3395
Calliope Shire (PDF, 1.3M)* SC3379
Caloundra City (PDF, 1.1M)*

SC3368

Cardwell Shire (PDF, 1.8M)* SC3393
Carpentaria Shire (PDF, 2.2M)* SC4005
Cook Shire (Bloomfield River to Cape Bedford) (PDF, 1.0M)* SC3397
Cook Shire (Cape Bedford to Starcke River) (PDF, 811K)* SC3462
Cook Shire (Starke River to Cape Melville) (PDF, 892K)* SC3463
Cook Shire (Cape Melville to North Kennedy River) (PDF, 901K)* SC3464
Cook Shire (North Kennedy River to Colmer Point) (PDF, 3.5M)* SC3465
Cook Shire (Colmer Point to Second Red Rocky Point) (PDF, 1.7M)* SC3466
Cook Shire (Second Red Rocky Point to Bolt Head) (PDF, 790K)* SC3467
Cook Shire (Bolt Head to Round Point) (PDF, 1.8M)* SC3468
Cook Shire (Round Point to Ussher Point) (PDF, 1.9M)* SC3469
Cook Shire & Town of Torres (Round Point to Ussher Point) (PDF, 2.4M)* SC3470
Cook Shire & Town of Torres (Ussher Point to Paterson Point) (PDF, 707K)* SC3471
Cook Shire Key Map SC3472

Cooloola Shire (PDF, 711K)*

SC3371
Douglas Shire (PDF, 1.6M)* SC3396
Fitzroy Shire (PDF, 514K)* SC4073
Gladstone City (PDF, 464K)* SC3380
Gold Coast City (Coolangatta to South Stradbroke Island) (PDF, 930K)* SC3363
Gold Coast City (South Stradbroke Island) (PDF, 227K)* SC3364
Great Keppel Island (PDF, 405K)* SC3805
Great Palm Island (PDF, 1.4M)* SC3710
Hervey Bay City (Urangan to Burrum Heads) (PDF, 889K)* SC3373
Hervey Bay City (Fraser Island) (PDF, 742K)* SC3374
Hinchinbrook Shire (PDF, 900K)* SC3392
Ipswish City (PDF, 925K)* SC4074
Isis Shire (PDF, 348K)* SC3375
Johnstone Shire (PDF, 1.3M)* SC3394
Livingstone Shire (Fitzroy River to Stockyard Point) (PDF, 1.4M)* SC3381
Livingstone Shire (West Bright to Styx River) (PDF, 1.4M)* SC3382
Logan City (PDF, 929K)* SC4072
Mackay City (Sandringham Bay to Midge Point) (PDF, 2.0M)* SC3385
Mackay City (Makay City) (PDF, 2.3M)* SC4131
Maroochy Shire (PDF, 1.0M)* SC3369
Maryborough City (PDF, 867K)* SC3372
Miriam Vale Shire (PDF, 1.5M)* SC3378
Mornington Shire (PDF, 236K)* SC4076
Noosa Shire (PDF, 668K)* SC3370
Pine Rivers (PDF, 329K)* SC4002
Redcliffe City (PDF, 284K)* SC4006
Redland Shire (PDF, 372K)* SC3365
Rockhampton City (PDF, 735K)* SC4075
Sarina Shire (PDF, 1.1M)* SC3384
Thuringowa City (PDF, 875K)* SC3390
Tiaro Shire (PDF, 288K)* SC4004
Townsville City (PDF, 1.3M)* SC3391
Whitsunday Shire (O'Connell River to Cape Gloucester) (PDF, 1.4M)* SC3386
Whitsunday Shire (Cumberland Islands) (PDF, 901K)* SC3387
Woocoo Shire (PDF, 647K)* SC4069
Yarrabah Community Council (PDF, 474K)* SC4078

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Last updated: 11 September 2007

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