Tallebudgera/ Currumbin Creeks Catchment and Estuary

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* Fewer than 5 sites monitored.
Tallebudgera Catchment Facts
  • Total area: 110km2
  • Stream network length: 219km
  • Local Councils: Gold Coast City Council
  • Dominant land uses: native bush, suburban, grazing, intensive agriculture
  • Headwaters rise in the relatively pristine areas of the McPherson Ranges near the Qld-NSW border
  • Mid reaches flow through rural residential areas
  • Lower reaches not as urbanised as the catchments of Coomera and Nerang rivers
  • Mouth of Tallebudgera Creek stabilised by a rock wall
  • Riparian vegetation intact throughout much of the catchment
Currumbin Catchment Facts
  • Total area: 48km2
  • Stream network length: 126km
  • Local Councils: Gold Coast (pop. 472,279)
  • Dominant land uses: native bush, urban, grazing, intensive agriculture
  • Headwaters rise in the relatively pristine areas of the McPherson Ranges near the Qld-NSW border
  • Mid reaches flow through rural residential areas
  • Lower reaches not as urbanised as the catchments of Coomera and Nerang rivers
  • Mouth of Currumbin Creek almost completely blocked by a sandbar
  • Riparian vegetation intact throughout much of the catchment
Freshwater results
BTallebudgera/Currumbin Catchment*  
  • Streams generally in good condition with small increases in most indicators.
Estuarine results
BTallebudgera Estuary   
  • Generally good water quality except for high phosphorous and low dissolved oxygen concentrations in the upper estuary.
B-Currumbin Estuary   
  • Increased nutrient concentrations and turbidity, and a decrease in biological health.

For more information on the Report Card, please visit:
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Other Tallebudgera/ Currumbin Catchment links:

Local Council                    Community/Catchment Groups                  Environmental Education Centres               
Gold Coast City CouncilGold Coast Catchment Association Tallebudgera Outdoor Education School
 Tallebudgera Catchment Management