Coastal Management Consulants Pty Ltd
Max Scalone Head Consultant/Founder
Research Action Plan
Client: Sutherland Shire Council
Environmental Impact Study:
What management strategies have been introduced to reduce sand/dune erosion at Cronulla Beach?
Date: 16/3/16
Background Information
Cronulla Beach/Bate Bay
Cronulla Beach is located in Bate Bay and includes Wanda Beach, Elourea Beach, North and South Cronulla Beach, Blackwood Beach and Shelly Beach (north to south). Bate Bay is located south of the Kurnell Heads and it is 26 kilometres from the Sydney CBD.
The word “Cronulla” is derived from the Aboriginal word “kurranulla”, meaning 'place of pink seashells'.
Demographics
Statistics show from the ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) from 2011 that Cronulla has approximately a residential population of 17,042. 49.9% (8,512) are male and 50.1% (8,530) are female. There are 144 people in Cronulla who classify themseleves as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The majority of people living in Cronulla are born in Australia (13,251/77.8%) or classify themselves being of English heritage (29.6%).
Coastal Management Consulants Pty Ltd lead by
Max Scalone is an organisation that specialises in providing knowledge and tools to tackle practical solutions in the Coastal Management in Sydney region. Our objective is to provide project specific solutions for the coastal zones that are practical , effective, sustainable, intergrated and user friendly. Our aim is to provide effective solutions for the coastal zones and assess and investigate current coastal management strategies implemented in a given community and then improve on them with given and appropriate strategies. Through this, we collect primary and secondary data through a variety of techniques. We further process the data collected to make appropriate recommendations for our aim to be achieved. Our goal is not only coastal management, it is also keeping everyone in a community up to date with the issue ahead and demonstrate a sense of place and understanding for their concerns regarding environmental impacts in the local area.