Tallebudgera/ Currumbin Creeks Catchment and Estuary
|  | | | 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
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| | 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
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| | | Freshwater results |
| | | | A- | | Tallebudgera/Currumbin Catchment |
| | | - Streams generally in good condition.
- Declines in all ecological indicators, particularly the Physical/Chemical indicator.
- Nutrient Cycling has consistently scored lower than other indicators.
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| | | Estuarine results |
| | | | B- | | Tallebudgera Estuary |
| | | - No change in grade, however increases in nitrogen concentrations and phytoplankton abundance, particularly in the upper reaches of the estuary.
- Improved dissolved oxygen concentrations throughout estuary.
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| | | B | | Currumbin Estuary |
| | | - Slight decline in grade.
- Increases in phytoplankton abundance and nutrient levels.
- Slight improvement in turbidity levels.
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