4 Apr 2011
Gold Coast National Surfing Reserve Meet
This Tuesday evening (April 5), Surfrider Foundation Gold Coast Tweed, in relationship with National Surfing Reserves is calling and hosting a meeting for all local Gold Coast surfing and beach stakeholders to discuss the possibility of creating a Gold Coast National Surfing Reserve. You are invited and encouraged to attend this important meeting.
The Gold Coast is one of Australia’s and the world’s most famous regions for surfing. It only makes sense to dedicate some of our renown surf breaks as a National Surfing Reserve. A “National Surfing Reserve” is an iconic place of intrinsic environmental, heritage, sporting and cultural value to a nation.
The essential criteria for a National Surfing Reserve are:
- Quality of waves
- A place considered sacred by the local and national surfing community
- Long term usage of the beach and wave environment by local and national surfing community
More details about National Surfing Reserves can be found at www.surfingreserves.org.
The meeting on the 5th of April will be an informational evening on what a National Surfing Reserve would look like on the Gold Coast. There will be specific clarity on what a National Surfing Reserve is and is not. We will also discuss the immense benefits that a National Surfing Reserve will have for the Gold Coast.
Another hope would be that as a result of this gathering, a local community-based steering committee will be formed to set this dream forward into a reality. A National Surfing Reserve on the Gold Coast will not be under the umbrella of Surfrider Foundation Gold Coast Tweed. We are just one passionate voice willing to get the conversation started, and need an array of different Gold Coast stakeholders to take hold of this vision and run with it.
The meeting will be at Fradgley Hall, Park Ave, Burleigh Heads from 7-9pm.
