Council, with support from the Queensland Government, has invested in two forms of Citizen Science to support coastal monitoring efforts. Recent strategies have indicated the need for ongoing monitoring of the coast, and regular beachgoers are well placed to help with this monitoring. Effective coastal monitoring will enable Council and other organisations and levels of government to make timely and informed decisions about coastal management.
You can get involved in coastal monitoring through:
CoastSnap
Council is installing five CoastSnap photo points along our coast at:
- Yeppoon Main Beach
- Fisherman’s Beach (Emu Park)
- Kemp Beach
- Lammermoor Beach
- Kinka Beach
CoastSnap is a global citizen science project to capture our changing coastlines. CoastSnap relies on repeat photos at the same location to track how the coast is changing over time due to processes such as storms, rising sea levels, human activities, and other factors. Anyone with a smartphone can get involved - all we ask is that you take the photos at the same location (by using one of the CoastSnap camera cradles) and record the precise photo time in the CoastSnap App. The more photos we have of a particular site, the better our understanding becomes of how that coastline is changing over time.
To get started:
- Download the free CoastSnap app on Google Play, Android, or the Apple App store
- Register in the App using your email address
- Start logging your observations!
Know your beach monitoring
In addition to photos taken at the sites specified above, Council is encouraging users of other beaches to get involved in monitoring. You’ll find Know Your Beach signs with QR codes at many of our local beaches that you can scan with your smartphone camera to submit photos, observations, and questions.
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