Rivers and coast
The Sunshine Coast prides itself on its natural environment – in countless ways the region's waterways are the source of economic, social and environmental wellbeing.
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On the Sunshine Coast, our coastline is an important part of who we are. It supports our biodiversity, our lifestyle and wellbeing, our communities, and our local businesses and economy.
Learn more about how we work to keep our beaches and coastline in good condition.
Council is actively preparing for current and future coastal changes. We are carefully investigating how to better protect important areas.
On-water or on-river activities refer to any activity occurring on a waterway, which may include swimming, fishing, kayaking, kite surfing, boating and the like.
Find out about the health of the coast's waterways, initiatives to improve their health, and what you can do to help.
Find out how to minimise soil and sediment runoff. Make your site right.
Council seeks to preserve low lying areas that may be subject to flooding and inundation, as well as protect people and their properties. Find out more about living and building in low lying areas.
Find out about your responsibilities while living on a canal.
Find out more about the lock systems and your responsibilities while living on an artificial lake managed by council.
Find out more about the internationally recognised Pumicestone Passage, one of the Coast's special places
Learn more about how we manage Currimundi Lake, Coondibah Lake, Bunbubah Creek, Tooway Lake and Stumers Creek.
Trees, large limbs, and branches that fall into or beside a watercourse are known as woody debris.