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Concern rises over Bribie Island split
Fears are growing that 5km of Bribie Island could disappear after rough seas split the national park in two and created a gap more than 400m wide.
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth and a king tide caused seas to surge through the island for the first time , forming a second bar into the Pumicestone Passage and Golden Beach.
While some say it’s Mother Nature taking course, several community groups have expressed concern that more national park land could be lost, demanding urgent action.
He said while the seas had begun to settle down, he feared the next storm surge could start it up once again.
Graham Smith, Caloundra Residents Association president, said the split had widened from a matter of metres to more than 400m.
What we are worried about, the island was very narrow where it came through and there’s more washovers on the southern part, then further south there are trees falling over on the inside of the passage.
GRAHAM SMITH
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Community groups and leaders are meeting with scientists to establish the best action.
Mr Smith said a 5km section of the island would be lost if nothing was done.
Coastguard Caloundra flotilla commander Roger Pierce said waves were coming through the continually widening gap to halfway across the passage.A similar process happened in the 1950s and 60s.
Eventually what will happen is the south bar gets bigger and the north bar will silt up with sand. There will be heaps of sand but there will still be water in front of the beach strip.
ROGER PIERCE
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Mr Pierce said the long-term risk was Pumicestone Passage and Bulcock Beach would silt up, leaving only sand behind.
																																								

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