Credit: UNSW Water Research Laboratory/City of Gold Coast Up and down the Gold Coast, most dunes directly behind beaches ...

wastewater and storm water infrastructure in the beach," Sue Schaller, a consultant with Credere Associates, said. The city has indicated that if these man-made dunes prove effective, they will be ...

The berm will replace the dunes destroyed by the Category 4 storm. Those dunes helped protect homes, businesses and other commercial property just beyond the beach from storm surge and flooding.