If you care about the environment, dunal protection, dunal vegetation protection, and the survival of the critically endangered loggerhead turtle (and we know you do!) please  register to have your say as part of the community consultation - Future coastal management of Shelly Beach and Moffat Beach  Your feedback by 1 March is vital!   Our previous post on this issue  ' Light vs Shade - what it means for Turtles’ outlined well-considered and necessary...

Well-considered and necessary protection measures for endangered marine turtles lasted less than 4 weeks after being installed by Sunshine Coast Council at a section of Shelly Beach.  These measures included newly planted, low-growing vegetation and fencing with shade-cloth designed to act as a reasonably natural aesthetic screen. It also provides the function of catching and trapping sand which helps build up and stablise the dunes.  The shade-cloth...