Category Archives: Environment

Coastal Planning Representation

Umina Beach and Ocean Beach includes a set of ecologically sensitive sand dunes which protect the caravan park, our roads and houses from the ravages of the sea. These dunes give us a superb natural looking beach line which we all enjoy and attracts many visitors to our suburb (providing jobs in the local community). We all have a role to play in protecting these dunes and their ecosystems for our community and the generations ahead.

Gosford City Council is currently conducting a Coastal Zone Management Study which includes, amongst other items, new management strategies for Dune Management at Umina (to maintain the integrity of the dune system as nature’s last line of defence against wind and wave attack). Based on this study process, the existing Management Plan will be replaced with a new one.

Umina Community Group is pleased to announce that the Umina Community will be represented on the coastal planning sub-committee looking at the these plans. In October 2014 Gosford City Council has welcomed representatives from the Umina Community Group onto the sub-committee.

Dune Protection Funding

Umina Beach Sand Dunes are a vital part of our local community, providing the informal natural look of our beach, protecting our homes and streets from storms, and home for local coastal plant species and animals.

It is tremendous to see state government funding to Gosford City Council’s Bushcare programs to complete protective and improvement work along Umina and Ocean Beach.

Beaches are best in the state
Denice Barnes Gosford Mayor Lawrie McKinna, Central Coast Minister Rob Stokes, dune care volunteer Chris Anderson and Gosford Liberal MP Chris Holstein
Central Coast Express Advocate Gosford
1 Oct 2014

CENTRAL Coast beaches are among the best in the country and the state government is aiming to keep them that way. Central Coast Minister Rob Stokes, who also Environment Minister, met with Gosford Mayor Lawrie McKinna, Gosford state Liberal MP Chris…read more…

Leopard on the Sand

Umina Beach is visited everyday by the local fauna, but sometimes there is some extraordinary visitors. This video was shot the day a Leopard Seal decided to go sun baking on the beach.

Whales off Umina Beach

Umina Beach is visited everyday by the local fauna, but sometimes there is some extraordinary visitors. This video was shot the day two Whales decided to play off the beach.