Beach renourishment works at St Leondards is part of a series of beach renourishments on the northern Bellarine Peninsula, with almost 30,000 cubic metres of sand having been distributed across four beaches at Indented Head and St Leonards over the last two years. By increasing the width of the beach along a 200-metre stretch, the works provide protection for infrastructure behind the foreshore, including the low-lying coastal trail.
Beach renourishment
Method: Pumped from offshore (800m)
Sand source: Same sediment compartment
Sand volume (m2): 35000
Sand placement: Erroded area
Approach
Beach renourishment
Geographic context
Open coast
Organisation responsible
DELWP and the Bellarine Bayside Committee of Management
Primary objective
Coastal protection
Coastal hazard
Erosion, Storms
Asset vulnerable
Recreational, Built
Length of coastline targeted (m)
200
Date of completion
2022
Source of project funding
DELWP