Tweed River Coastal Management

Tweed River Sandbar Develops

1962

The Tweed river has been an essential form of transportation from the coast to inland around the NSW/QLD border. Tidal forces have caused the formation of a sandbar making travel unsafe for boats.

Training Walls on the Tweed River

1965

To stop longshore drift making a sand bar, training walls were extended approximately 400m away from the river mouth. The aim was to stop the sand from the south side of the river washing into it.