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McEwens Beach Revegetation - Stage 1

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The McEwens Beach Progress Association, in collaboration with council, have proposed revegetating part of the foreshore reserve adjacent to the swimming enclosure at the southern end of McEwens Beach.

The area selected is known locally as ‘the Knoll’ and is about 1500m2 in size. This project will reinforce the existing native vegetation and help stabilise the foredune. The project also aims to improve access to the beach and swimming enclosure.

A community planning session was held on Tuesday, January 7, with residents and other stakeholders in attendance to finalise the extent of planting, review plant selections and zonation and provide feedback on other project components.

The concept design, which includes the planting zonation and a table detailing the plants that are proposed to be included in the planting pallet, can be found here.

Online consultation was open from Tuesday, January 7 to 11.59pm on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Consultation has closed.

If you would like to be more involved in this project, please select ‘Become a Volunteer’ and register your information to be notified of future community events, including planting days.


Stay updated on this project by subscribing to its project update emails. Click the Stay Informed button on the right of this page. You will receive an email afterwards asking you to confirm your subscription.

The McEwens Beach Progress Association, in collaboration with council, have proposed revegetating part of the foreshore reserve adjacent to the swimming enclosure at the southern end of McEwens Beach.

The area selected is known locally as ‘the Knoll’ and is about 1500m2 in size. This project will reinforce the existing native vegetation and help stabilise the foredune. The project also aims to improve access to the beach and swimming enclosure.

A community planning session was held on Tuesday, January 7, with residents and other stakeholders in attendance to finalise the extent of planting, review plant selections and zonation and provide feedback on other project components.

The concept design, which includes the planting zonation and a table detailing the plants that are proposed to be included in the planting pallet, can be found here.

Online consultation was open from Tuesday, January 7 to 11.59pm on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Consultation has closed.

If you would like to be more involved in this project, please select ‘Become a Volunteer’ and register your information to be notified of future community events, including planting days.


Stay updated on this project by subscribing to its project update emails. Click the Stay Informed button on the right of this page. You will receive an email afterwards asking you to confirm your subscription.

  • Project update: February 12, 2025

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    We want to thank the McEwens Beach Progress Association and the community for their recent involvement in providing feedback to revegetate the foredune area adjacent to the McEwens Beach swimming enclosure.

    Consultation closed on January 21 and council’s Community Engagement team has been working on reviewing the comments received.

    Ten attendees registered at the community planning session and provided feedback to council officers. We also received eight hard-copy and online survey responses.

    We are pleased to report that there were no objections to the proposed plant species during consultation. This has allowed the Parks and Open Spaces team to proceed with placing an order for the propagation of tube stock (coastal species) with the Mackay Natural Environment Centre (MNEC).

    The project team is reviewing the community’s feedback to identify actionable changes to the project's design.

    Further updates will be provided, along with the community engagement outcomes, once the report has been reviewed by council.

    You can stay up-to-date by subscribing to project update emails. Click on the “stay informed” button on the right-hand side of the project page. You will receive an email afterwards asking you to confirm your subscription.

  • Project update: January 8, 2025

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    Thank you to everyone who joined us at McEwens Beach Reserve yesterday to view the proposed project area and provide feedback on the scope of the project.

    Your feedback to councillors and council officers is incredibly valuable to us.

    If you were unable to attend the planning session, you can still view the project’s concept design here and provide feedback via the online survey and site mapping tool. The survey closes on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 11.59pm.

    Feedback from the community planning session and online surveys will be included in the community engagement report which will be available on the project page after the consultation closes.

    You can also stay updated on this project by subscribing to its project update emails. Click the Stay Informed button on the right-hand side of the project page. You will receive an email afterwards asking you to confirm your subscription.

    If you have a question or prefer a hard-copy survey, call the Community Engagement team on 1300 MACKAY (622 529) or email engagement@mackay.qld.gov.au.


    Image from the community planning session shows the proposed revegetation area and attendees.



Page last updated: 12 Feb 2025, 05:00 PM