Police called to kids at Bargara beach, but there’s a happy ending

Parents were disappointed when police were called to their children on the beach at Bargara, but the response from officers left everyone feeling upbeat.

It could have been a highly stressful situation when police officers were called to a bunch of kids playing on Bargara beach.

Local mum Kris Pain took to social media to discuss what happened on Good Friday.

“Seven-metre structure, made from natural beach drift, on the beach at the Basin,” she wrote.

“A group of good kids decided to play together away from other beach goers and be creative.”

Police were called to a group of children building a structure on Bargara beach, but police responded kindly to the little engineers.

The kids spent hours on their driftwood structure.

Bailey, Cooper, Devyn, Riley, Eva, April and Zane were proud of their creative work.

But Ms Pain said some locals were concerned and made a call to police.

“Harmless fun in Bargara is apparently not allowed,” she said.

Once police arrived, both kids and parents were left happy and reassured.

“The kids we’re having so much fun, they were working on their structure for about three hours and were considerate enough to create and play away from other beach goers,” Ms Pain said.

Police were called to a group of children building a structure on Bargara beach, but police responded kindly to the little engineers.

“The police were amazing, they referred to the kids as engineers.

“They were positive and even let us take some pics.”

Ms Pain said she had no idea who it was who called police on the group of children, but said the public had been overwhelmingly supportive.

“We should be encouraging our kids to play outside and be creative,” she said.

“Unfortunately there are some negative people within our community that seem to have the need to ruin harmless fun.

“The overwhelming support on Bargara Facebookers, for the kids playing outside was amazing. It’s obvious the majority of our community wants to see kids playing like this.”

A spokesperson for the Queensland Police Service confirmed police had attended and that the police recommended it was indeed best to take the structure down.

“Police received calls from a concerned member of the public about a structure that had been built on the beach, they believed it was a danger because if it fell it could have injured people,” the spokesperson said.

“Due to the size of a structure that a group of children had crafted (around seven metres at its highest point) and the amount of people on the beach, police advised that they should probably take it down as it posed some risk.

“This advice was accepted readily and it was dismantled by the kids and their families with police assistance.”

Senior Constable Matt Findlow and Senior Constable Dale Locke from Bargara Police explained beach safety on Kellys Beach and posed for a happy holiday snap with the youngsters and their family.

Originally published as Police called to kids at Bargara beach, but there’s a happy ending