What environmental monitoring is undertaken on a regular basis?
The project is monitored closely by the NSW and Queensland Governments. Three external environmental management system audits have been completed since 2001. The next audit will be in 2009. • Monthly environmental monitoring summaries are produced for the project area between the Tweed River Entrance in NSW and Kirra in Queensland. Access the most recent summary on our Environmental management page. • Beach profile surveys are undertaken quarterly between Letitia Spit in NSW and Kirra in Queensland. • Additional beach profile surveys are undertaken annually out to twenty metres water depth between Fingal in NSW and Currumbin in Queensland. • Wave conditions are continuously monitored by the Tweed, Gold Coast and Brisbane wave buoys, and this data is available through the Queensland Department of Environment & Resource Management website www.derm.qld.gov.au • Aerial photography of the river entrance and the beaches from Fingal to Currumbin is undertaken every six months. • Beach conditi
