Currumbin Creek
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Currumbin Creek is a large creek
on the Gold Coast of Queensland
, running from Mount Cougal in the west to its mouth at Currumbin Alley
in the east. It is apporoximately 24 kilometres (14.9 mi) in length. It provides a popular and tranquil setting for many rowing clubs, kayakers, jet skiers, boat-goers and fishermen.
The first bridge across the creek was opened in 1926. The road was then known as the Main Ocean Road, later to be upgraded to the Pacific Highway
.
very shallow, creating a calm lagoon for families and children to play in. Due to a build-up of sand in the creek mouth, not even permitting a jet ski from the creek to the ocean, the Gold Coast City Council announced an operation beginning late in 2008 to deepen the mouth and move sand to the nearby Palm Beach
so that beach sand reduced by erosion is replaced.
A boardwalk winds through the small Boree Bodalla Mangrove Reserve with two fishing platforms. It is a popular cycling, running, and walking track and is a serene setting along the creek shore.
Near the creek mouth at Currumbin Alley a swimming canal points northward. It is about 100 metres (328.1 ft) in length and 30 metre in width. The demolishment of the Palm Beach Bowls Club cleared way for a grass park and path to the shore of the canal, which is ideal for swimming, unlike many of the bull shark
waters and canals further inland.
Currumbin Creek also has an extensive canal system similar to its cousin Tallebudgera Creek
and the larger, further north Nerang River
. The shores of these canals boast some of the Gold Coast's most prestigious housing.
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
on the Gold Coast of Queensland
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
, running from Mount Cougal in the west to its mouth at Currumbin Alley
Currumbin Alley
Currumbin Alley is a surf break at Currumbin on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. There is almost always a crowd here, even when everywhere else on the Gold Coast is crowded. On days when the surf everywhere else is flat or very small, The Alley is often a crowded longboard wave...
in the east. It is apporoximately 24 kilometres (14.9 mi) in length. It provides a popular and tranquil setting for many rowing clubs, kayakers, jet skiers, boat-goers and fishermen.
The first bridge across the creek was opened in 1926. The road was then known as the Main Ocean Road, later to be upgraded to the Pacific Highway
Pacific Highway
Pacific Highway may refer to:*Pacific Highway - Queensland/New South Wales Border-Sydney*Pacific Motorway - Brisbane - Gold Coast *Pacific Highway , the name of several highways in the United States...
.
Projects
During 2007, a dredging operation took place making the mouth of the creek, making the very bottom of Currumbin AlleyCurrumbin Alley
Currumbin Alley is a surf break at Currumbin on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. There is almost always a crowd here, even when everywhere else on the Gold Coast is crowded. On days when the surf everywhere else is flat or very small, The Alley is often a crowded longboard wave...
very shallow, creating a calm lagoon for families and children to play in. Due to a build-up of sand in the creek mouth, not even permitting a jet ski from the creek to the ocean, the Gold Coast City Council announced an operation beginning late in 2008 to deepen the mouth and move sand to the nearby Palm Beach
Palm Beach, Queensland
Palm Beach is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, between Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek. At the 2006 Census, Palm Beach had a population of 13,494....
so that beach sand reduced by erosion is replaced.
A boardwalk winds through the small Boree Bodalla Mangrove Reserve with two fishing platforms. It is a popular cycling, running, and walking track and is a serene setting along the creek shore.
Near the creek mouth at Currumbin Alley a swimming canal points northward. It is about 100 metres (328.1 ft) in length and 30 metre in width. The demolishment of the Palm Beach Bowls Club cleared way for a grass park and path to the shore of the canal, which is ideal for swimming, unlike many of the bull shark
Bull shark
The bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, also known as Zambezi shark or unofficially known as Zambi in Africa and Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a shark common worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers...
waters and canals further inland.
Currumbin Creek also has an extensive canal system similar to its cousin Tallebudgera Creek
Tallebudgera Creek
Tallebudgera Creek is a large creek on the Gold Coast which runs from the Springbrook Plateau in the west through Tallebudgera Valley to the southern slopes of Burleigh Mountain at Burleigh Heads and the Pacific Ocean in the east...
and the larger, further north Nerang River
Nerang River
The Nerang River is a river that begins in the McPherson Range in the Gold Coast hinterland and runs through Gold Coast City in South East Queensland, Australia...
. The shores of these canals boast some of the Gold Coast's most prestigious housing.
See also
- List of rivers of Australia
- Nerang RiverNerang RiverThe Nerang River is a river that begins in the McPherson Range in the Gold Coast hinterland and runs through Gold Coast City in South East Queensland, Australia...
- Tallebudgera CreekTallebudgera CreekTallebudgera Creek is a large creek on the Gold Coast which runs from the Springbrook Plateau in the west through Tallebudgera Valley to the southern slopes of Burleigh Mountain at Burleigh Heads and the Pacific Ocean in the east...