Council officers, local residents, surf lifesaving personnel and business operators are back on ocean watch as the erosion cell at Kingscliff creeps further north.
Kingscliff Beach Bowls Club General Manager Phill Kelly said they estimated a loss of just over seven metres between the past Thursday and Monday north of the club’s rock wall.
“It’s probably around 30 square metres – the hole is around 4-5 metres deep.”
He said as well as the sand there had been “a couple of small rock slips” to the wall protecting the club.
“We have been watching it every day,” he said.
“We have been on to the council and they assure us that they are monitoring the situation every day.
“They have assured us they are watching and will jump anything before it happens – between them and us we will all make sure it will happen.”
He said the club was concerned for its rock wall and carpark as one of the club’s planned facilities had already become a casualty of the erosion.
The club had been cultivating the area just north of the its carpark as a wedding ceremony area, with a view overlooking Fingal and Wommin Bay.
However Mr Kelly said the erosion cell, which has been moving steadily north after biting into the land near the creek 18 months ago, had wiped that area out.
“We had spoken to the fellows looking after the park next to us and we had started work in the area,” he said. The club’s greens-keepers had been preparing the spot and were eventually looking to have it planted with green-quality grass.
“We planned to spend a bit of money on it to maintain it and keep it all nice and tidy. We hadn’t done a great deal yet.
“But it’s all gone now.”
A Tweed Shire Council spokesman confirmed that they were monitoring the situation.
“We are aware there is going to be some work required at Kingscliff,” he said.
“At the moment they are involved with a clean-up at Oxley Cove (after the recent floods).”
However he said they would be moving on to Kingscliff over the next week or so.
Cudgen Headland Surf Lifesaving Club president Adam Mills said with the club due to host the NSW Surf lifesaving titles next month, they were also watching the situation closely.
“Yes we are monitoring the conditions on the beach daily,” he said.
“We are planning to avoid the area immediately north of the bowls club, but if the erosion continues to travel north we may need to move the water areas further north to compensate.
“A delegation of Officials from NSW Surf lifesaving will be visiting the area this week to finalise the layout of event areas.”
