Spectacular Gold Coast Seaway, Queensland - Australia

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The Gold Coast area of southern Queensland is considered the heart of Australia's aquatic recreation culture.  Part of the reason for this is the presence of the Gold Coast Seaway, which connects the inland waterways created by the mouth of the Nerang River with the Pacific Ocean.  Seen here in this drone video by Oz Straya Panoramas, the seaway was constructed in the 1980's, providing safe passage for small watercraft which had been at the mercy of shifting sands along the bar which forms the eastern side of the waterway.  

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A beautiful winters morning at the Gold Coast Seaway, Queensland, Australia. Gold Coast Seaway is a popular surfing, diving and fishing location. Many surfers and body boarders regularly paddle across the seaway on their boards from the mainland to South Stradbroke Island. Popular surfing sites include the sand pumping jetty on the mainland and the sand pumping outlets on South Stradbroke Island. The Gold Coast Seaway or Southport Seaway is the main navigation entrance from the Pacific Ocean into the Gold Coast Broadwater and southern Moreton Bay and is one of Australia’s most significant coastal engineering projects. It is located at the northern end of the Southport Spit where the Nerang River enters the Pacific Ocean. The channel was constructed between 1984 and 1986, primarily to facilitate the safe passage of sea-faring vessels. The passage was previously known as the Southport Bar. The mouth of the Nerang River was once located further south in Broadbeach. The main driving force for this movement is the northward drift of sand along the coast. This northward drift was responsible for the unstable and shifting conditions of the bar, which made crossing it so hazardous for small boats. The Gold Coast Seaway enjoys the world's first permanent sand bypassing system, which currently delivers all sand that arrives at the Gold Coast Seaway across the entrance and into the Moreton Bay Marine Park. Up to 500 cubic metres of sand can be moved per hour.[4] The Gold Coast Shoreline Management Plan is reviewing this practice and examining the concept of Island welding to determine if 85% of the sand (80,000 cubic metres per year) can be sustainably recycled to Surfers Paradise. This system works by pumping the sand through the jetty and delivers it away to clear the channel. Shot by the Autel Evo 2 Pro in 6K & rendered to 4K.