BRIGHTON STYLE BEACH BOXES AT QUEENSCLIFF
BRIGHTON-STYLE beach boxes are set to be trialled in Queenscliff.
The colourful initiative is included in a plan to increase the level of activity on the town’s front beach.
The foreshore plan, being developed by the Queenscliff council, is also looking at extending Princess Park towards the beach.
A report by foreshore co-ordinator Garry Purton said the plan would identify potential new uses, starting with the trial of beach boxes.
“This will include the option of trialling the introduction of beach boxes and examine how these might be constructed and managed,” he wrote.
Beach boxes have been a feature at Brighton for more than 100 years. Earlier this year, one 6m x 4m box sold for a record $337,000.
Other features of the plan include: DRAWING a concept plan and estimating the cost of potentially extending Princes Park; CLEANING the front beach, particularly around key public events and holiday periods, to improve the amenity of the foreshore; and POTENTIALLY promoting the opportunity to use collected seaweed on local gardens.
The council allocated $40,000 in its 2017-18 budget for beach cleaning at targeted times. A business, Resilience Farming, was able to convert the seaweed into compost material, for use on farms and vineyards on the Bellarine Peninsula.
“If additional business interest in the seaweed eventuates, officers would progress a request for quotation via targeted or public tender advertisement,” Mr Purton wrote.
The council manages about 104 hectares of coastal crown land in the borough.