Incorporated in 2001, CEPG is a not for profit organisation of around 400 concerned individuals, including environmentalists, engineers, journalists, lawyers, architects, business and tradespeople, conservationists and community members young and old, all with a passionate interest in the coast between Grange and Semaphore Park. Read More...
The Coast Park Plan
This is a plan that, under various names, has existed since 1996 and is a plan to construct a shared bike/walking path from North Haven to Sellicks Beach. This path would extend through the almost 6Km of the City of Charles Sturt coastline that is CEPG’s main area of interest.
The impact of this project on the Estcourt House dunes and the north and south extensions would be an environmental disaster. This can be avoided by adopting the alternative plan, developed at CEPG’s cost, known as the QED Plan. Read More...
Click here to download the City of Charles Sturt Coastal Plant Brochure.
The impact of this project on the Estcourt House dunes and the north and south extensions would be an environmental disaster. This can be avoided by adopting the alternative plan, developed at CEPG’s cost, known as the QED Plan. Read More...
Click here to download the City of Charles Sturt Coastal Plant Brochure.
Sand Pumping
Adelaide’s Living Beaches: A Strategy for 2005-20025
Due to many factors (dune encroachment, effluent and stormwater discharge, loss of seagrass) the sand on Adelaide beaches has for many years needed to be trucked southwards in order to maintain “the beaches” as we know them for the public to use and enjoy. The trucks are not particularly aesthetic and cause disruption to the beaches.
A scheme has been proposed by the Coast Protection Branch of the Department of Environment and Heritage (South Australian Government) to replace the trucks with a permanent sand pipeline running from the breakwater at Bower Rd, Semaphore South to Kingston Park. Read More...
Due to many factors (dune encroachment, effluent and stormwater discharge, loss of seagrass) the sand on Adelaide beaches has for many years needed to be trucked southwards in order to maintain “the beaches” as we know them for the public to use and enjoy. The trucks are not particularly aesthetic and cause disruption to the beaches.
A scheme has been proposed by the Coast Protection Branch of the Department of Environment and Heritage (South Australian Government) to replace the trucks with a permanent sand pipeline running from the breakwater at Bower Rd, Semaphore South to Kingston Park. Read More...
Submission to Development Assessment Commission
In response to the application submitted to the Development Assessment Commission (South Australian Government) a CEPG committee member prepared the following document. Read More...