The pebbles, stones, rocks and bricks on Thirroul beach

The huge seas and associated erosion in the first half of 2022 have exposed worse than usual the presence of stones buried longtime under the sand, Ongoing wave action redistributes these stones all along Thirroul Beach. They can be seen from the pool pumping station all the way north to the rock shelf past Flanagan's Beach. It is not just a natural phenomonen. This morning I removed one and a half housebricks complete with cement.

As part of Council's coastal strategy I ask that Council remove these stones. They are a serious safety hazard to swimmers particularly when obscured below the water surface at high tide.

A suggested method of doing this would be to have a front end loader scoop up piles of the rocks. They could be then be filtered to ensure no excess sand is removed. The filtering system could be similar to that currently employed on council's existing mechanised beach cleaners. Council could then sell/use the pebbles and stones for garden usage and recover some costs.

Someone is going to be seriously hurt coming into contact with house bricks. Thirroul Beach is a gem. May it stay that way.