Reports & Projects
Kirra reports, documents and articles.
1. Report to Council on Kirra February 2007
Kirra Wave Study.pdf
Copy of GCCM report to Gold Coast City Council on options to improve surf quality at Kirra.
2.Council consideration of the GCCM report on options to improve surf quality at Kirra May 2007
Recommendations from Engineering Services to Council.pdf
This document provides an overview of the Griffith University report and puts forward a series of recommendations from the Engineering Services Division of Gold Coast City Council to Councillors for consideration.
GCCCC_Minutes 2007.pdf
Minutes from GCCC meeting in May 2007 that considered the GCCM report into surf quality at Kirra. See pages 31-32.
3. Pictorial essay of Kirra from 1910 – 2005
Pictorial Essay of Ki.pdf
Essay and text that describe the natural evolution and human changes at Kirra during the 20th Century.
4. Southern Gold Coast surf breaks in the 50s and 60s
Southern Gold Coast S.pdf
This image was prepared by Neil Lazarow with the assistance of Mal Sutherland for the Gold Coast Arts Centre – Surfing the 60s exhibition from 2007. Aerial photo courtesy of GCCC.
5. Letter from the Qld Minister on Kirra
Minister response .pdf
This is a letter from the Hon Andrew McNamara MP, the Qld Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation in response to an online petition addressing the issue of sand build up in and around Kirra Beach. The principle petitioner was Wayne Deane and the petition was sponsored by the Hon Jann Stuckey MP, member for Currumbin.
7. Kirra makes the 7.30 Report
Transcript of interview from the 7.30 Report from February 2007.
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s1858720.htm
8. How much is a surfbreak worth?
How Much is a Surfbre.pdf
Extended version of an article published in Tracks (July 2007) that investigates the value of surfbreaks in Australia. Article by Neil Lazarow and Boyd Blackwell.
9. Current and proposed projects
Project 1. Documentary film
Project 2. Kirra point groyne extension – feasibility study
Project 3. Evaluating the surfing economy on the Gold Coast
Project 4. Coastal Alliance Kirra Reef biodiversity research
Project 5. Surfrider Foundation Bring Back Kirra Campaign
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