This is Wadawurrung Country - We work closely with the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation to conserve and protect Cultural values along the Anglesea coast.
Developing a Coastal Adaptation Plan for Anglesea
From Point Roadknight to Demon's Bluff, we can see how waves, storms, and rising sea levels are shaping Anglesea’s coastline.
These natural forces also bring hazards like erosion, cliff failure, and flooding, which can impact the way we access and enjoy the coast. This requires us to start planning for the future and consider how to manage both short and long-term impacts. The frequency and magnitude of these hazards are expected to rise with climate change.
We're developing an Anglesea Coastal Adaptation Plan (CAP) in partnership with locals, visitors, community groups and key stakeholders to enhance the resilience of the Anglesea coast. This plan aims to better understand and plan for short and long-term erosion, storm tide inundation, estuary dynamics, and cliff failure.
Your insights and feedback will help shape future decision making and plans for coastal hazard management and resilience.
Project Update Video - November 2024
Hear from Rob Armstrong, Project Manager, on our approach and progress of the Anglesea Coastal Adaptation Planning project as of November 2024, as recorded on our recent Coastal Adaptation Planning Webinar.
The Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority are taking a partnership approach to plan for and manage coastal hazards along our beloved coastline, now and into the future.
Our approach is following the direction of the Marine and Coastal Policy 2020 and Victoria’s Resilient Coast – Adapting for 2100+ framework and guidelines.
Currently we are at Stage 2 of the planning process and will be working to progress through the subsequent stages, up to stage 5 over the next 18 months.
The purpose of this stage is to ensure coastal hazard risk management and adaptation planning is underpinned by place-based values and a shared vision and objectives.
We are committed to genuinely partner and meaningfully build relationships with the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, through this project, to support the protection of Country, and the continuation of spiritual and cultural practices.
We also value the longstanding dialogue with the Anglesea community in relation to Anglesea Futures, the Great Ocean Road Communities Network (GORCN) and the Anglesea Community Network.
The community has actively participated in these conversations and put forward great ideas for shaping the future of Anglesea as well as highlighting the values of the coast and future impacts from coastal hazards.
Through this study we aim to build on this conversation to better understand what the Anglesea and visitor community value about the coast to ensure that our management decisions best reflect community sentiment.
In addition to State Government legislation, policy and guidelines, there is a good body of knowledge from previous studies and reports, focused on this unique stretch of coastline, which have been collated and will help inform this project.
If there are studies, bodies of work you or key stakeholder groups you believe should inform this project please email haveyoursay@greatoceanroadauthority.vic.gov.au Attention to Rob Armstrong & Andy Bell and include Anglesea Coastal Adaptation Plan in the subject line.
Work on Stage 1 was completed earlier this year and provides a foundation
for commencing/progressing coastal hazard risk
management and adaptation planning, aligned to
best practice guidance, for the Anglesea coast.
A key deliverable for Stage 1 was the Project Plan for Anglesea Coast Adaptation Planning. The plan is supported by all project partners and outlines the following:
• the need for action – refined through the collaborative work of the scoping stage
• the project study area
• the project governance model
• the proposed collaborative process for the project, including a Communication and Engagement Plan
• the scope the work required for each Stage
• supporting documentation (e.g. MoU arrangements, funding agreements, other).
We are currently at Stage 2 - Values, Vision and Objectives
Community knowledge and values of our coastline are at the heart of the coastal adaptation planning process.
At Stage 2 we seek to gather local knowledge and values (along with cultural, economic and environmental values) to ensure costal hazard risk management and adaptation planning is underpinned by place-based values and a shared vision and objectives for the Anglesea coast.
Project Update: The Anglesea community gave us valuable feedback in February and March when we reached out to them. We talked directly with over 600 people, received more than 70 survey responses and collected nearly 200 photo and postcard submissions.
From this engagement, we heard from the Anglesea community that they are well aware of the impact of coastal hazards on our coastline and that they are keen to see a more resilient Anglesea coast.
The Anglesea Coastal Adaptation Plan - Stage Two Engagement Summary Report - As we approach the end of Stage 2, and prepare for Stage 3, we have produced a Stage Two Engagement Summary Report that captures what we have heard so far.
This report, along with the complete data set from our Stage 2 engagement, will help shape our adaptation planning, making sure it reflects local values and knowledge.
Video Below: In Stage 2 we shot a short video featuring Anglesea locals telling us what they love about our iconic coast.
Tell us what you think about our Stage Two Engagement Summary Report?
We would genuinely love to hear your initial thoughts on our Engagement Summary Report. What do you like or dislike? What were you happy to see or what was missing? Please note this is just a quick poll, for longer responses please email us at haveyoursay@greatoceanroadauthority.vic.gov.au (max 140 characters).
Thanks to everyone who engaged with us at Stage 2. We look forward to keeping you updated and engaged in the project as it progresses. Below you can read and download our Engagement Summary Report and provide your feedback on this report.
Past to Present - Photos of the Anglesea Coast
Contribute to a photographic history of the Anglesea coast capturing the changes in the marine/coastal environment and our coastal community.
