Council to lobby State Govt for sand nourishment
Sand nourishment took up the first half hour of the council meeting after four residents addressed the topic at the public forum.
Wamberal beach
Campaign ramps up objections to seawall DA
Save Our Sand (SOS) anti-seawall campaigners have organised drop-in centres where volunteers are helping people lodge objections to the development application (DA) recently lodged by the Wamberal Protection Association. The…
Wamberal Beach seawall DA lodged with Council
The first of three development applications covering Wamberal beach has been formally lodged with Central Coast Council by the Wamberal Protection Association (WPA). The first DA known as Section B,…
Storm proves more sand is the solution: SOS
The Wamberal Save Our Sand (SOS) group says the huge storm which hit the area on Friday, April 5, showed that a wide, sandy Wamberal Beach is the best form…
New Bill could see end of seawall plan for Wamberal
Opponents of the PEP 11 permit for off-shore exploration aren’t the only ones celebrating the passage of the Seabed Mining and Exploration Bill through NSW Parliament recently. The Wamberal Save…
More on those Wamberal beachfront covenants
Central Coast Council has confirmed that some waterfront properties at Wamberal Beach have covenants that indemnify Council for damage to those developments. But it has not said how many of…
Battle over seawall continues
The Save Our Sand (SOS) group has accused Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart of exaggerating cost estimates for sand nourishment at Wamberal beach. The group says coastal engineer Angus…
Buyback scheme not the answer for Wamberal
FORUM: For the debacle that is the Wamberal Seawall, one option needs to be completely discounted – a buyback scheme. Reading the recent article on the seawall brought two things…
The Weekly News 5@5
Central Coast Newspaper’s Weekly News 5@5 for the third week of December 2022. In the bulletin this week: Dog walkers get a council reprieveMass save at Wamberal BeachGosford Council Chambers…
SOS draws a line in the sand over Wamberal erosion solution
Wamberal Beach Save Our Sand (SOS) says it is sick of not having its voice heard over possible solutions to ongoing erosion and will hold a Line In The Sand…
Seawall folly
Forum Re: Council proceeds with seawall options for Wamberal Whoever fought against nature & won. Work with nature or lose. Those who choose to build on the sand will not…
Campaign to close off choices for Wamberal
Forum – It is disturbing that the Wamberal Taskforce is downgrading the issue of sand renourishment in its agenda (“Wamberal community says sand nourishment must stay on agenda”, CCN 319),…
Wamberal community says sand nourishment must stay on agenda
The Wamberal Beach Save Our Sand (SOS) group has accused the State Government and the Wamberal Seawall Advisory Taskforce of a lack of consideration for community concerns, following statements made…
Community say invited on five Wamberal seawall options
Residents have until September 10 to comment on five seawall concept designs under consideration as a permanent solution to ongoing erosion problems at Wamberal Beach, but the Wamberal Save Our…
Wamberal Beach SOS guarded over sand nourishment plan
The community group Wamberal Beach Save Our Sand (SOS) has stopped short of endorsing Central Coast Council’s proposal to nourish Wamberal Beach using crushed sandstone from the Sydney Metro West…
Sand nourishment plan may carry environmental risks
A staff report on the use of sand from the Sydney Metro West Tunnel to nourish Wamberal Beach listed potential risks including environmental impacts, temporary water quality changes and public…
Council supports Metro West Tunnel sand being used for Wamberal Beach nourishment
A proposal to “nourish” Wamberal Beach using sand from the Sydney Metro West Tunnel project has been given in-principle support by Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart. “This sounds like…
Submissions open for new building proposals on Wamberal Beach
Public comment has opened for a proposal to build two swimming pools in front of two houses planned for private beachfront land at 85 to 89 Ocean View Rd, Wamberal….
No money for Wamberal Beach erosion fix – Administrator
Central Coast Council Administrator, Dick Persson, says Council has no money for any of the erosion mitigation works proposed for Wamberal Beach. He was responding to a resident who spoke…
Opposition to seawall building
The Wamberal Beach Save Our Sand (SOS) community group will join forces with Surfrider Foundation Australia in the campaign to fight to protect the natural amenity of Wamberal Beach and…