The first batch of trees have been planted on a Batemans Bay beach following the creation of a new sand dune to protect homes from tidal inundation.
Beachfront homes at Surfside have had up to 12 metres of the former protective dune and their backyards washed away by severe weather events.
Landcare volunteers and homeowners joined together yesterday morning to put the seedlings in the sand.
A number of different species were planted after recent beach scraping funded by the State Government and the Eurobodalla Shire Council.
Landcare volunteer Jeff Isaacs says they had different plants for each part of the sand dune.
“Down at the lowest part of the dune you use things that are a little more resilient things like pig face,” he said.
“At the top of the dune we’ve tried to put bigger things like Banksia etc, which have more of a chance to take deeper roots.”
A total of 5000 have been funded with the remainder to be planted in the next few weeks.
Joshua Higgison from nearby business Foreshore Plants supplied a lot of the seedlings along with the Botanical Gardens.
“At lot them will double in size in about two months,” he said.
“Because they are natives and they are local to the area they’re almost self sufficient with some rain they’ll be fine. If we don’t get that rain in the next month a bit of watering does help.”
