The photo below was taken a couple of days after the height of the storms, with the frothy surf still knawing away at the beaches leaving what they call in Queensland "vertical scarps".
Below - the Brig surveying the scene from top of one of the vertical scarps at Tallebudgera Beach, where the repair work was well under way, the excavators had already started to pull the scarp down to a gentle gradient, then the bulldozers push the surplus sand back to the beach where it has been washed away, and then it is hoped that nature will take its course in time, where the combination of tidal action and winds will bring the sand back from the ocean bed.
The majority of the beaches were open, albeit dotted with heavy equipment moving sand.
NO FLAGS - NO SWIM
The flags were out, and the lifesavers are back on duty down the coast, swimmers and board riders were back in the water, and all credit to the Gold Coast council, they were well into this huge beach erosion repair task.
However, Palm Beach was closed - massive erosion occurred here, with many mansions losing their front gardens into the sea!
This huge slip demolished the Palm Beach Lifesaver's road access to their beach!
But fortunately, not its Surf Club - had a delightful lunch here. Really amazed at all the Surf Clubs down the coast, they are large, have great restaurants and of course views to die for (most of the time).
After lunch we head south to Currumbin to check out where the cleaner's car was washed into the surf just a week ago - looks very different now - will have to try the Currumbin Surf Club for lunch one day - looked great.
Below -the beach at the end of Currumbin Creek - the beaches are so sparsely populated, guess because there are just so many of them along this coastline.
