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CONCERNED LOCAL: Tina Nelson of Inverloch is worried erosion at Inverloch will impact tourism and the town’s surf lifesaving club. Below, The Star launches its Save Our Shore campaign on May 21.
OUR CRIES FOR HELP HEARD THE Inverloch community sent out a mayday announce the State Government would spend $1.15 million on urgent works at Inverloch’s surf beach. call to save its beloved coast. The Star joined with concerned locals and members of the South Gippsland Conservation Society to amplify their pleas. The coast needed government funding to help protect dunes from the likely risk of further significant erosion. The beach had already copped a battering from storms and tides. Dunes and trees had fallen into the sea, washed away forever. The situation was dire, with the future of the Inverloch Surf Lifesaving Club and Bunurong Road at stake. A building made with public donations and a popular tourism road could not be left to be claimed by the intruding sea. Last Friday, the community’s plea for help was heeded. Bass MLA Jordan Crugnale was in Inverloch to
This follows months of stories by The Star, promoting the community’s efforts to have authorities act as Inverloch counted down to the start of the summer tourism season. Ms Crugnale said $700,000 of the State Government funding would be used toward a partnership between government agencies and the community over two years, which will work on short-term projects. A further $450,000 will go toward the installation of a geotextile sandbag wall to help protect the surf club. “We cannot do this alone,� Ms Crugnale said. “A long-term strategic approach must be taken to protect the social, environmental and economic values of our coastline and foreshores.� The Save Our Shore campaign has been a success.
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