Council will be commencing their clean-up operation to remove illegally dumped items and abandoned
watercraft from the beach, dunes and mangroves around the Round Hill Creek Foreshore, Seventeen
Seventy.
An approved temporary ‘laydown area’ for kayaks and personal watercraft will be established on site
to give residents the opportunity to move their vessels and prevent them from mistakenly being
considered as ‘abandoned.’
Items found outside the ‘laydown area’ on August 15 2022, will be considered ‘abandoned’ and will
be removed alongside other illegally dumped items.
Gladstone Regional Council said in a statement this week that they understand and celebrate the
Agnes Water and Seventeen Seventy community’s important cultural connection to the water and
foreshores.
They are committed to working with the community to ensure this connection continues to thrive into
the future in a way that is neither detrimental to the environment nor poses a safety risk to other
beach users.
This operation follows a request by Maritime Safety Queensland to assist in their clean-up of the area
as part of their ‘War on Wrecks’ program, and a further complaint about safety issues related to
small watercraft in the beach area.
Council will be contacting owners in the future to work to determine a permanent solution for
storage.
