By Abbey Cannan
New camping rules have been put in place at Teewah Beach to reduce the risk of falling rocks injuring campers.
Due to the popularity of camping at Teewah Beach, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service are implementing the changes to improve visitor safety and provide park visitors with “better camping experiences”.
In recent weeks, lazy campers have left broken tents and rubbish on the pristine beach, and Noosa MP Sandy Bolton is hoping these new rules will help put an end to that.
“The changes are a start, however much still needs to be done to ensure everyone enjoys these unique spaces,” Ms Bolton said.
“The Cooloola Teewah Working Group resume their meetings today after a hiatus during COVID, and I have a meeting scheduled with our new Minister this month.”
The open camping area will be divided into seven separate camping zones, allowing campers to choose a zone to camp before arriving at the site.
To address the rock fall issues, an external risk assessment on the foredunes and beach ridges above Teewah Beach was undertaken and identified sections of beach with a high risk to rock fall.
These areas are now closed to camping with ‘Danger no camping’ signs installed to mark these locations.
The majority of the no camping areas are located at the southern end of Teewah Beach towards Noosa North Shore and for this reason zones 5, 6 and 7 are smaller zones with lower camper capacity to reduce overcrowding.
Teewah Beach camping zones are available to book at www.qld.gov.au/camping.
