4.4 Allows for Community Activities

Byron Bay is a well-known seaside town in Australia and a popular tourist destination. Tourism is an important aspect of the economy in Byron Bay, which is known for its beautiful beaches, suba diving, snorkelling, and surfing. The beach is also an essential part of the locals’ lives (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2018). As the beach is a part of everyday life in Byron, the preservation strategy should allow residents and visitors to access it on a daily basis. The current rock wall protection approach is haphazard and dangerous. Making the beach inaccessible.

“Everyone wants to have their beaches and if we allow sea walls to be built along all of these areas, we’ll end up with a whole series of sea walls and no beach.”

As stated by Professor Andrew Short, from the University of Sydney’s School of Geosciences. (ABC North Coast, 2016)

As a result, if any protective building does appear on the beach, it must be an useable space with services and recreational activities integrated into it (ABC North Coast, 2016). As a result, the suggested protective plan must satisfy all three objectives while protecting the citizens and properties of Byron Shire, keeping the beach accessible, and encouraging recreational activities when it is safe to do so.

5. Conclusion

To summarise, this report has primarily questioned the prospect of rising sea levels, how can Byron Shires Coastal Management adapt to increase resilience to the effects of rising sea levels?